electric appliance cables

[merni]

when did fabric wrapped cables stop being used

[Mortartube]

They tend to fray more easily and are probably more expensive to make as well as being less waterproof than modern plastic sheathed cables.

[Philtaz]

Not sure they have entirely. My iron has a fabric covered lead and it's only 6 months old.

[humming bird]

The question is "WHEN". Before checking.... in households it was well before the introduction of "India Rubber" which was about 1935 and had a life expectancy of about 15 years and has been causing fires and death ever since. I'd say that around 1928 was the time paper insulation inside lead sheathing was finished.As a contactor and engineer I was still finsing this cabling in Australian houses as late as The late 1980's and no doubt it still exists here and there. Paper covered cables are still very effectively in use in other high voltage areas. That fabric covered iron cord is only the outer sheathing and is there for the flexibility. Cheers