Hens Teeth, Unicorns, Rocking Horse Droppings, Braided 3 core cable for an iron.

[tabbypurr]

You might get it for free by asking for a dead iron on freecycle/freegle/etc

NT

[invalid]

The cheap rubber they use needs a cover to stop it abrading. Silicon rubber doesn't.

[Bob Eager]

Silicon is really hard. And strong. And inflexible.

[Roger Hayter]

Silicone (sic) rubber is not soft and flexible enough for an iron lead, at least if it is thick enough to resist abrasion.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Use butyl, then.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Bollox. I have used silcone coated flex up to 50A in model planes and its more flexible than PVC OR rubber.

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[T i m]

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Except you have probably used single core and very muti-stranded and specifically flexible *single* cables that are single insulated and therefore mostly flexible because of that (so irrelevant to a 3 core cable).

Bind three of your single cores together and then put them in another sheath and whilst you might still be more flexible than the same when PVC (certainly) or rubber (possibly) sheathed, the chances are that it would still be easier to slice though the outer sheath and inner conductor insulation than with the other two and especially if it wasn't in a fabric cover.

I have 2.5mm^2 extension leads in PVC (Arctic) and rubber and the rubber is way more flexible, especially in the cold. Both are reasonably resistant to abrasion. I have sliced the insulation through on silicone insulated cables simply by pulling them past a sharp object (in the way rubber or PVC wouldn't).

Cheers, T i m

[Roger Hayter]

True. But it is not as flexible as very thin rubber with a fabric cover.

[T i m]

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Or when made up into a multicore (3) cable.

Cheers, T i m

[The Natural Philosopher]

Not a lot in it. Silicone cable is VERY flexible. More than rubber for similar sizes.

[tabbypurr]

+1. Some folk are saying odd & senseless things. The problem with silicone is it's too flexible, so much so that it's easy to cut it in normal use. And the cost.

NT