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cable labels
Jeff Lelko:
Not to throw a topic swerve in, but does anyone know of an "industry standard" for color-coding cable lengths?
I can tell my own cables by eye knowing what lengths I have in inventory, but if I color-code I'd like to go with the philosophy that others have already adopted.
Steve Eudaly:
--- Quote from: Jeff Lelko on November 30, 2022, 03:56:28 AM ---Not to throw a topic swerve in, but does anyone know of an "industry standard" for color-coding cable lengths?
I can tell my own cables by eye knowing what lengths I have in inventory, but if I color-code I'd like to go with the philosophy that others have already adopted.
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You'll get tons of opinions on this, including whether or not you should even have a large variety of lengths in inventory, but I like using resistor code. Black(no label)/Brown/Red/Yellow/Green/Blue/etc, going up in length. In our case, we did 1/3/5/10/25/50/100.
Tim McCulloch:
--- Quote from: Jeff Lelko on November 30, 2022, 03:56:28 AM ---Not to throw a topic swerve in, but does anyone know of an "industry standard" for color-coding cable lengths?
I can tell my own cables by eye knowing what lengths I have in inventory, but if I color-code I'd like to go with the philosophy that others have already adopted.
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I'll have to look when I go to the PAC today, but with rigging wire rope slings - red is 5', white is 10', 20' are blue, 30' are green (IIRC).
We went to velcro tabs for mic cables and "our guy" used black for 25' cables, red for 10' or shorter, and black for 50' (easy to tell, they're the fattest bundles.
When I was operating my own shop I had 2 lengths of mic cables - 35' and 10'. Maybe a couple of 100' for outdoor stuff. Never saw the benefit to having a bunch of cables in 5 ft increments or having 7 different lengths for stage use in inventory.
Scott Helmke:
--- Quote from: Tim McCulloch on November 30, 2022, 09:25:32 AM ---Never saw the benefit to having a bunch of cables in 5 ft increments or having 7 different lengths for stage use in inventory.
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We have a length known as "less than 25", which is any cable between 4' and 24' long. Most of them were originally longer cables that got damaged.
frank kayser:
--- Quote from: boburtz on November 29, 2022, 08:27:16 PM ---Update: I found this stuff:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0058SPZXQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
Put regular water resistant laser printed labels on cable, tape over it with this. It looks just like shrink tubing over the same labels, we'll see how long it lasts or how long it takes to turn into goo.
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Seemed to be too good to be true. Actual usage/performance outlined in the question and answer section.
Question: Will this tape work on a frayed electrical cord and can I use a heat gun on it?
Answer: This tape is designed to be applied to any holes created during the shrink wrapping process. It is also used to secure any seams or pleats. The tape is applied after the shrinking process has occurred. The tape itself DOES NOT shrink and can burn.
By Shrinkthat SELLER on November 15, 2016
(sigh...)
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