Papirex
Jul 26, 2005, 2:26 PM
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Look at this site: http://www.wiremold.com/ It will give you an idea of what’s possible. I have installed lots of Wiremold, we used it to carry control wiring and pneumatic control tubing in the industry I worked in.
The metallic raceway is UL approved for line voltage use. It is often used on temporary, moveable office partitions, for power outlets, light switches, etc. It’s not pretty, but it is not ugly either. Certainly not as ugly or dangerous as bare wires on the wall. It is for indoor use only.
They make Wiremold in metallic raceway, and of plastic. The metallic raceway is the best. The plastic stuff has self-sticking tape on the back of it. It is guaranteed to stay on the wall permanently, or until you turn your back. I once had to re-install all the plastic raceway in a control room when one of our engineers convinced one of our installers to use it. The stuff fell off the walls before the project was completed.
I had to remove all the raceway ( actually it was picking it up off the floor), drill holes in it, place it back on the wall in the original position, mark the location of the holes on the block wall, remove the raceway again, then drill holes in the block wall and install screw anchors in it. To re-install the plastic raceway, I had to use medium sized fender washers so the screws would not pull through the plastic. A fender washer is a large washer with a small hole in the center.
Wiremold is sold at Home Depot and at Ace Hardware in the US, I don’t know if those outlets in Mexico carry it. Four years ago I requested a catalog brochure on the Wiremold website, they did mail it to me here in Cuernavaca.
I have seen a similar product used here in Cuernavaca recently, it was plastic raceway. A friend of ours recently went in to the potable water business and the electrical contractor used that type of raceway on his walls when all the tanks, filters, oxygen injector, pumps, and the UV lights were installed.. I don’t know the brand name, but if plastic is all you can find it will certainly be better than exposed bare wires. I don’t know how the Mexican product is attached to the wall. If it uses self-stick tape, I would use the method I described above.
Incidentally, and this is off the subject, there must be good money in the water business. We were paying 18 Pesos per Garafon for potable water to one of the largest distributors in our state. Our friend delivers it to anyone for 10 pesos per Garafon. He is making a profit already.
We like his water, it tastes better than others. I think it may be because he injects additional oxygen in it. You can look into his plant from the street through a large plate glass window and see them purifying the water, and washing and sterilizing the Garafons.
I hope this helps, if nothing else, now you know where to get good water
Rex
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