OT(ish) - white cable clips

[David]

I am about to clip some white speaker cable to the side of a white door frame.

Obviously, I could use white cable clips. From the earlier thread about clip sizes I need ones suitable for 1.0mm T&E.

For some reason nobody seems to stock white clips - presumably there is no demand. At one time you could buy white T&E and white clips in the sheds. No sign of that now, nor at Screwfix or Toolsatan.

So was there a trend at one time to surface mount white T&E but fashion has changed?

Cheers

Dave R

[harryagain]

White T&E cable seems a lot less common nowadays hence white clips not needed. You rarely see cable run on the surface these days, the only reason for it to be white I suppose.

[spuorgelgoog]

1.0 and 1.5mm T&E bell wire

most sizes (apart from 10 and 16 mm T&E) appear to be available in grey and white

Owain

[Chris French]

In message , David writes

They do seem less common, but I'm sure I've seen bags in my local hardware store, and of course Ebay e.g.

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[Bill Wright]

Don't use them outdoors because they fail due to UV light.

Bill

[Andy Burns]

LSZH T&E can be (maybe all is?) white, the sparkies seem to hate fitting it as they think it makes them look amateur ...

[spuorgelgoog]

It's not using evenly spaced buckle clips that makes them look amateur.

Owain

[meow2222]

Buckle clips? I always assumed they were no longer compliant.

NT

[Brian Gaff]

Bit strange as many telephone cables are white. Is there a problem making white plastic? Maybe one needs to dip each one in white paint first! Brian

[David]

Looking back at my original post I forgot to say that they are available for not very much on line - Amazon, eBay etc.

So I can get them - it just led me to ponder that they always used to be available in the sheds but no longer.

Cheers

Dave R