Lamp Cord

[Stan Thigpen]

We have an old pre Civil War farm house in rural Miss which was wired just after WW2 when electricity was made available in the area. All of the lights in the rooms are bare bulbs suspended from the ceiling through round ceramic box covers using twisted flexible cloth insulated wire. The wire has become worn and a couple have shorted out due to abrasion. Is this type of lamp wire still available? I would like to continue with the same type of lights and do not wish to replace with modern fixtures, but for safety sake I would like to replace all of the wire. Do you have any suggestions where I could find this product?

[Roger Fitzsimonds]

I would pull plastic coated wire. That paper coated wire abrades real easily. I am not sure you can even buy paper coateed wire.

Roger

[Roy McQuay]

Try googling renovators. I get a catalogue that has stuff like that. I hope I spelled it right. Good luck. I am sure, if they have it, it will be modern coated wire with cloth cover over plastic.

[Wes Bischel]

Stan,
Check out these guys:

http://www.sundialwire.com/

Looks old, but meets UL specs.

Good luck,
Wes

[Stan Thigpen]

Great, Wes. That is just what I had in mind!