Wanted to buy Elecrician's snake

[budgie]

Thanks a lot budgie, nice to see a sensible helpful person
in this forum.

Didn't realise it until after I'd posted the URL, but that is Mac-attack.
Typical mac stuff - short arms, tight fists, deep pockets. Check the local elec
wholesalers, they may be as cheap.

They also come in different lengths, so you need to have an idea which length is
going to meet your requirements. Long ones are a PITA to use on a short conduit
run, but short ones are worse on a long run.

There are two types - a tape type and one which is a helical spring over a
single strand spring steel core. I have the altter. Each has its own failure
mode.

 

[David Sauer]

Long length of steel tape, rolled up inside a reel

Fibreglass maybe preferred - it's insulated.

And most are not cheap. a couple of hundred.

 

[T.T.]

Fibreglass maybe preferred - it's insulated.

And most are not cheap. a couple of hundred.

Very similar, in fact to those used by electricians.