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How much lead is in PVC electrical wire insulation and how much exposure to the skin would it take to be toxic?
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∙ 15y ago
There is no lead in PVC. It's plastic made from chlorine. There actually IS lead in PVC, or tin, or some other metal salt. It's a stabilizer. If they don't put a stabilizer in PVC, it eventually disintegrates. As to how much lead there is in it...who's to say? A little goes a very long way here. I think it would take a great deal of it to be toxic through the skin...if your kid sucked on the insulation that would be a different story, but children shouldn't gnaw electric wiring in the first place.
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What material would be safest to use as an insulator to use to cover electrical wires?
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Which material would be a better insulator when wet denim cotton polyester or wool?
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Not that I know of. When insulation is applied to wire it is extruded so that the insulating material is uniform around the conductor. Without this uniformity the conductors insulation factor would vary and the wire would have to be rated at the lowest reading factor when tested with a high voltage. Even when splicing a wire, the electrical code states that the insulation covering the splice has to be brought up to or surpass the insulation factor that is supplied by the manufacturer of the wire.
