Hot glue

[Dave64]

Is it ok to hot glue cable or flex?

 

[westward10]

What temperature does the glue achieve and what is the cable rated at, temperature wise?

 

[davesparks]

Hot glue it for what purpose?

 

[Mark42]

What a great question!

Hot glue it to what? Inside equipment you see that all the time to hold stuff in place, but externally it would look absolute cr@p, and it would be difficult to think of a more non-compliant method of preventing the ‘premature collapse’ of fixed cables.

Unless this is some kind of S&M thing? Wrong forum I think.

 

[Mikegh]

What a great question!

Hot glue it to what? Inside equipment you see that all the time to hold stuff in place, but externally it would look absolute cr@p, and it would be difficult to think of a more non-compliant method of preventing the ‘premature collapse’ of fixed cables.

Unless this is some kind of S&M thing? Wrong forum I think.

Ah so that's what it is . The clear stuff you see in equipment for fixing

 

[brianmoooore]

Ah so that's what it is . The clear stuff you see in equipment for fixing

Clear stuff when it's new, that becomes brown and conductive as it ages.

 

[DefyG]

Is it ok to hot glue cable or flex?

The simple answer is yes but take on board some of the points raised by others.
Although never known it to become conductive as suggested in post #6

 

[brianmoooore]

Although never known it to become conductive as suggested in post #6

It's used to physically stabilise large or heavy components on printed circuit boards, and has become the underlying reason for many faults.

 

[Dave64]

Thank you for the replies, I am putting in an old lamppost thing, with one of those flame effect bulbs, and I have to have the bulb holder at the top, so the cable has to run down one of the corner posts, and I wanted to "hot glue" it to make it less visible... I could 'hot glue' a cable tie.. or even duck tape... lots of option tbh!

 

[westward10]

Black silicone?

 

[Rockingit]

Clear stuff when it's new, that becomes brown and conductive as it ages.

I've never found that - how so?

 

[brianmoooore]

Used to hold large/heavy components in place on PCBs. Anyone who repairs electronics will be familiar with conductive hot melt glue.

 

[Rockingit]

Used to hold large/heavy components in place on PCBs. Anyone who repairs electronics will be familiar with conductive hot melt glue.

[Genuine question] Is it more likely to be contaminates on/under the glue rather than the glue itself? It just seems so unlikely when I’m fairly sure if I go and IR a glue stick my meter will laugh at me.

 

[davesparks]

Clear stuff when it's new, that becomes brown and conductive as it ages.

Used to hold large/heavy components in place on PCBs. Anyone who repairs electronics will be familiar with conductive hot melt glue.

Which is completely irrelevant to the OP's question about using it to attach flex or cable to something.

Glue turning a bit conductive with age is completely irrelevant to using it to attach a cable to something when that same cable could be put inside a completely conductive steel conduit without issue.

 

[Dave64]

Thanks all for your time and responses