Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️I know we've moved past fiber-wrapped cables for Good Reasons but I think it'd be funny if some of the Rope Geeks produced ethernet cables.
I want a hemp cat6 cable damn it.
It should come with rope oil and those emt safety sheers
Morgan Aldridge@foone The house I grew up in had knob-and-tube wiring and those wires were fiber-wrapped and "nothing bad happened". That said, that house also had a two-story outhouse (fortunately offset slightly.)
Vehicles moved from fiber-wrapped wiring to newer plastic-coated wiring is actually _much tastier_ to rodents. Plus, my old #SeriesLandRover with all that fiber-wrapped wiring only had one fuse, so super easy to work on.
I digress. Yes, hemp cat6 with rope oil and porcelain connectors.
@morgant yeah, I grew up in a house from the 20s, and it was all knob-and-tube cloth-wrapped shit. We only ever had one major electrical issue, thankfully.
@foone Ours house was a New England mill-worker's home from the 1890s, so also had horse-hair and wood-lattice insulation behind all the plaster walls -- Surprise, I'm highly allergic to horses! -- and when my parents sold the house they were required to have the wiring modernized. Very understandable, but difficult with the wood lattice!
@foone I do miss the heavy action and loud *kachunk* of those push-button light switches though!