[TowerTalk] Marking cables for identification

[Mac]

I have a Brady heat set label maker with all the popular electronic 
symbols, the tape or even heat-shrink wrap is available in multiple 
sizes and color contrast white tape black marking yellow tape black 
markings.  Brady offers tape and heat shrink tubing.

Down side ?  the tape heat-shrink is pretty expensive, example  i am 
presently using some heat shrink tubing 3 meter in length and its like 
45.00 for the roll. you can stop in mid production and switch to tape 
then back to shrink tubing or as you want.

But for me its not the cost its what i want and the look i want so i 
dont care $$$ ..

Them the anal part comes into play [this already sounds bad] what 
direction do you want the writing to run, into the device away from the 
device or connection or with the 'flow' of the cable direction, how far 
from each end or termination point .  your own intuitiveness comes into 
play and what suits you best.  if you were to review my work,  it would 
show how i have progressed in my thinking and effort from my first 
efforts,  and most often its the re-do effort that keeps me from going 
back and re-making the early ones i dont now pattern after.

All in all i have moved a long way from masking tape and 'marks a lot  
flags and hanging circular tags and various colors and the must have 
then legend that converted my gibberish into what cable [example] A-16 
really serves.

The next area i wanted to solve was showing a quick difference between 
AC and DC circuits plus Battery ckts. i have 2 DC buss runs, 12vdc and 
13.8vdc.

My audio identification was/is the most challenging, i collect military 
speakers so its always a situation 600 ohm 3.2-4 ohm 8 ohm and 16 ohm 
feeds.

I also have a Kingsley hot stamping machine but have pretty much moved 
away from that, but my early cables still reflect that method.

It is at this point i have likely given you TMI and will close this and 
see what others proffer.

best:  mac/mc  w5mc

On 7/24/2019 5:36 PM, Richard Smith wrote:
>   I'm involved in building a fairly large station. There will be many coax, rotor, and control cables coming in to a main entrance of a building. It would be helpful if there was a good method of marking the cables to identify them for routing and troubleshooting purposes.
> If you don't mind, would you please share your techniques?
> TNX and 73,
> Rich, N6KT
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