Name of old wire

[ZapT]

I'm looking for the proper name for the old, delicate wire (romex)that has braided sheathing. The kind of wire we see with extra paper wrap over all the coducters and the smaller size bare CU ground in older cottages or houses.. Also what it is actually made of.The sheathing that is.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I believe it was a cloth covering. A real pain to strip also..

 

[ZapT]

When writing my reports I'm looking to explain better than "old wire" Any help for an actual name or was it just the Romex of the time. I'm having trouble on google trying to find it.

 

[ZapT]

Oh, and uninsulated rusty staples makes this stuff a hazard.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I always called it nm cable or romex. Romex, as you may know, is just a brand name for NM cable. If I needed to be specific I would call it cloth covered nm cable.

 

[Chamuit]

Rat's Tail is one of the slang terms for it around here.

 

[guschash]

Old Romex

 

[augie47]

At one time in my life it was "new romex"

 

[480sparky]

Rope.