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<p>[quote user="maxman"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">BMMECNYC</div> <div class="quote-content">MB Klein had it for only $1 more than the manufacturer</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>If I may ask a question about the Kapton without someone taking it the wrong way, the $9.75 Klein price is for 1/4 inch wide stuff.  Would it not make more sense to use the 1 inch wide item?</p> <p>Just asking.</p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>Depending on the specific application.  But if im just using it to tape the motor lead clips on an athearn diesel, then 1" is a little overkill.  I know ill have to use several small overlapped strips for the decoder. </p> <p>The install failed not because of improper material, but from insufficient material used.  Black electrical tape is an excellent insulator both in a electrical and thermal sense (8mils of Pvc tends to hold in heat apparently).  I have run locomotives with black tapped decoders for 3+ hrs continously without decoder overheat issue.  There was not even enough heat generated to deform the black tape.  I bought a roll of kapton for the decoder use mostly.  Also I find tearing black tape annoying.  I still plan to use black tape for extra wire ends, taping over the right rail pickups on athearn locomotives, and for the back (non component side of unwrapped decoders). </p>
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