¿ªÔÆÌåÓýMany years ago, I learned to form cables in a figure-8 (around my
thumb and pinkie), and only then to bundle/secure/wrap them for
travel. They don't unravel; they don't tangle; they don't mate
with other cables. Donald. On 11/17/24 13:55, Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
via groups.io wrote:
On Saturday 16 November 2024 03:38:07 pm wn4isx via groups.io wrote:Organizing cables One major PITA since I got into electronics was organizing my various cables. If you store them in a drawer or box they wind around each other form Gordian Knots.They're mating...I've probably spent several months of my life in wasted minutes or hours untangling cables.I have a couple of briefcase-sized cases that I used to use for toolboxes when I was mostly running service calls. I'd keep my various test leads tied with those plastic ties that you get with some trash bags. They'd still get tangled, and while untangling them I'd comment to the custommer that someday there would be test leads that wouldn't tangle, and the inventor would be rich.I've tried several schemes over the decades with various degrees of success. Back in EE instrumentation and measurement we used Pomona cable hangers, at $39 each they weren't an option. The best I had come up with was "mushrooms" as used in telephone distribution rooms. A friend suggested this.I have a couple of those, used when I had my shop, and although I still have them I don't currently have a good place to put them. Wall space is limited, and very much used up. I don't recall if they were Pomona or not, just that you could get them in a few different sizes and I got the ones in the middle.For ~$10 each they struck me as a probable solution. I ordered 5 (I have a lot of cables) and the quality is first rate, well the equal of Pomana.For my toolbox I happened on some clear plastic pouches, with zippers. Labels had to be removed, but a set of test leads in each of three or four of these works pretty well for me. Not running service calls these days (retired!), and I'm not sure where the focus of work is going to end up, so there's a box labeled "shop cables" for the time being... -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin |
