cable lacing...

From: Gene Buckle <geneb_at_deltasoft.com>
Date: Wed Jul 7 19:30:08 2004

> >What I'd really like to get my hands on is one of those little printers
> >that make wire numbering labels. The new ones are insanely expensive.
>
> Why not just print them out in a small font and then stick them to the
> cable with some kind of temporary glue and then put clear heatshrink over
> the label and shrink it in place? (Avery self stick labels and Avery's
> label software might be good to use for this.) FWIW a lot of the new cables
> that I'm seeing simply print the label on a piece of plastic then then wrap
> it on the cable and tie around the ends of it with lacing cord or plastic
> tie wraps.
>

It's not the cable that's the problem to label, it's the _wires_. Try
finding an Avery label that will fit correctly on a single 24ga wire. :)

It's not that big of a deal to do without good number labels when you're
working with fairly small wire count cables, but when you've got a monster
that has more than 200 wires divided into 10+ 25 pin D-Sub connectors on
one end and a mix of 15 and 25 pin d-sub connectors along its length,
things get dicey if you can't number the wires in a way that won't "bulge"
the harness.

g.
Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 19:30:08 BST