[Jake Blake]

Awwww now, . . .  whatchu got against melting rubber insulation bud?  

[mikethedruid]

Jake, melting rubber insulation, forsooth! LOL! I have actually encountered that. Rubber insulated wire where the rubber was turning into sticky goo. This seems especially a problem with the blue wire, although it can happen to other colors too. I don't know why. Usually though it just gets hard and brittle and crumbles off the wire.

[Jake Blake]