2006-09-27 12:01:27 · 8 answers · asked by Pedro 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Because its more flexible and the sheath won't melt if if makes contact with the hot iron. You can replace it with 1mm butyl (heat resistant rubber) if you want.
2006-09-27 12:07:48 · answer #1 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quick touch of a PVC cable on an iron could potentially melt-through to the conductors almost instantaneously. Fabric-covered cables will not melt as quickly as PVC, thus potentially avoiding an accident.
2006-09-27 19:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Phish 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they do have plastic insulation inside the fabric cover but the fabric cover is there incase the iorn is placed by accident on the cable as it would give you more time to rectifi the mistake by dispersing the heat more than a plastic cable would on its own .
2006-09-27 19:18:25 · answer #3 · answered by a1ways_de1_lorri_2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cable needs to be flexable and the fabric covered ones are
2006-09-27 19:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
less lightly to melt and also it will last longer than plastic as when using an iron you are moving it back and forth all the time.
2006-09-27 19:26:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not only down to flexibility. fact is that when plastic heats and cools continuously , it becomes brittle and starts to crack dou to the structure of the the molocules in the plastic. this is obviously very dangerous when the inside is carrying electricity.
hence they tend to use fibres as they dont become bittle and take longer to wear out.
2006-09-27 19:19:26 · answer #6 · answered by Bacardi1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell me about it!Just noticed this morning that the cable on mine has split :os
2006-09-27 19:08:55 · answer #7 · answered by twinkle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
less likely to melt i guess
2006-09-27 19:03:19 · answer #8 · answered by fat boab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋