A question of safety choosing a carpet.

hey Michael,

The pyle material will definitely be flammable to open flame. They don't test for heat, but a very long short may melt something before it burns. Marine grade carpet would have a better safety factor, but certainly cost more. Good breakers\circuit protection is your friend.

It will bunch up when drilled. I make an X with a razor knife before drilling through stuff like that. Screws will go right through it.

Anyway, that's my 2¢.

You piqued my interest with your question so I took a sample of  indoor/outdoor carpet I bought at Home Depot Sunday and put a match to it. The flame melted a hole through it  but, rally, didn't support combustion. I do think if something else started burning with a flame it would melt and burn like any plastic. I just used carpet is road bed mainly for cost but would cover the whole thing if I could.  If this carpet is burning then you ave a much bigger problem. Use fuses if you want, safer than breakers, and keep a fire extinguisher handy too.