RE: Cable marking ?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

I went through all the options when I retro-wired about a year ago. I found
the method Rob mentioned by far the quickest when labeling up a couple of
hundred cable runs! I simply used 000 - 200 and the labeling never once got
rubbed off etc even though I was often pulling through tight gaps in
plasterboard and blockwork.

Paul.



-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rmouser@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 August 2003 16:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Cable marking ?



Dynamo tape will fall off.
A permanent fine tipped marker is a good low cost solution. Just use
numbers if you want to keep it simple or devise a code.
Some sparkies snip marks in the sheath but that's only reasonable on
small numbers of runs.

Many thanks

Rob Mouser



-----Original Message-----
From: Marcus Warrington [mailto:marcusw@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 August 2003 16:53
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Cable marking ?

Anyone have any recommendations on cat5e/CT100 cable marking ?
I'm running starting to pull cables and need to mark the ends so
I know what's what when I come to punchdown.

I bought a cable marking kit (CB0113766) from CPC but sent it back
because I could rub the ink off with my finger !

At the moment I favouring using different rolls of coloured electrician
tape to form a coloured barcode, but this will be a bit laborious
having to cut the strips and wrapped them around the cable ends.

Nearly bought a Dynamo device but was concerned about how well the
"glue" on the tape would stick to the cable.

What have others done ?

Marcus


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