Will a coat hanger work for wiring?

Just the other day I bought 250 foot roll of 14/2 for $48. A 100 foot roll was $34. Cut price is higher yet.

Another excellent idea

What is that saying?, yanking your chain

Jerry!

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Right to the point and very concise!

Sorry to the OP, we are not trying to pick on you but some ideas just don’t work.

Dave

As I was reading this I could not help but think that those cot hangers would need a little something…like fish caps…

Actually one could go to any surplus store and find all kinds of wire for really low prices … and they actually work a lot better!!

Sure hope the OP lives next to a Fire Dept.

Anyone that tries to save some $ I can understand and appreciate, but electrifying steel coat hangers?

Do yourself a favor and follow these guys suggestions for there has been a lot of electrical experience in model railroading here.

Somehow this entire topic of unorthodox wiring reminds me of a guy I knew, an O scale traction modeler, who by economic necessity was a very frugal guy always looking for the cheapest way to do things. And because he was a truck driver he had access to dumpsters that most of us would not have. At one place he found a large supply of foil covered foam sheathing that was being discarded, asked permission, and took home a large supply of the stuff which he used to cover his bench work.

I suspect it was more or less like this material: http://www.jm.com/insulation/building_insulation/products/bid0022_ap_foil-faced.pdf

It was when he pushed in his metal overhead wire poles, installed the overhead wire and his Nachod signal system, laid his track with metal spikes, and tried to run some trolley cars with no results whatever other than short circuits, that he suddenly rememberd – the foil! Not a good conductor of electricity, perhaps, but a conductor nonetheless …

Dave Nelson

Similar to the guy who took extra long strides to save his $20 shoes and split his $40 pants.