[Electronics-talk] labelling audio cables

[Louis]

Evelyn!

What a horrible situation you face!  You must have the control board of a radio
station wired up there!  Do you really have to remove every cable from every
device?  If so, It's going to take you far longer to re-connect everything that
it took to disconnect them.  I hope you already have the various jacks marked,
too, on all those devices. Just stating the obvious, you understand.

Dymo tape really does make the best labels, though, and most of us users don't
use a dymo writer.  Instead, order a dymo slate from the Howe Press for $6 or
$8. Or, check the slates you have already and see if one of them doesn't have
the extra slot at the left and right ends of the second line for inserting and
pulling out the dymo tape. Pull the tape off the roll so that it comes off the
roll from its under-side, insert the tape into the slot on the slate at its
hinge end, and pull it back up through the slot at the right end.  Now, when the
slate is closed, the tape is unrolling off the bottom of the roll, entering the
slate at the left end slot, and coming up through and out of the right end. Now,
you can make your labels in grade 2, In Nemeth, or whatever.  As you fill the
line, just pull the right end of the tape out until another line-full of blank
tape is exposed, and continue writing.  Plan on leaving more than one blank cell
between labels, so that when they are cut apart, enough blank tape remains
through which to punch a hole. Use a standard pliers-style punch you can get at
any office supply store for that. Now you don't have to spend hours trying the
peel the backing off the tape, and the hole is suitable for anything from
thread, to dental floss to shoe laces.  Go to it! And forget about peeling.

If you don't normally use dymo tape, the following might help.  It's usually
available as clear, colored, and I believe as a metallic foil type.  Stick with
the half-inch width varieties, and if you plan to actually stick the tape to a
surface, i.e., you plan to peel off the backing, stick to the clear, uncolored
tape.

Hope I haven't told you a whole lot of stuff you already knew, but if so, I'm
sorry.  Just wanted to help.

Louis Gosselin



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Evelyn Weckerly
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:39 AM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] labelling audio cables

Hi,

I thank bothh you and the previous responder for suggestions, but they sound
more frustrating than ever. I think I will have to attach braille labels as I
have done in the past even though they may not stay put for very long. I think I
may have 19 pairs of jacks on the back of the pre-amp. I have a list in the
order in which they are mounted. I just have not had to look at all that stuff
for a long time. I have labelled cables before, but the labels have not stayed,
for the most part. I think I'm currently using ten pairs of jacks. I will leave
the cables plugged into the equipment that attaches to the pre-amp--for example,
the connecting cable for a tuner. I don't own any kind of labeler maker.

Evelyn

At 11:10 AM 9/24/2012, you wrote:
>hi,
>
>you can use dymo label tape and braille your word and cut it long 
>enough to wrap around the cable and stick to the length with the braille.
>if you don't have dymo tape, you can use zip ties like 1 on a cable,
>2 on the next one and so on.
>
>Bryan Schulz
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Evelyn Weckerly" <weckerly at i2k.com>
>To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 8:40 AM
>Subject: [Electronics-talk] labelling audio cables
>
>
>>Hi, All,
>>
>>What have you found to be the best and most furable way to label audio 
>>cables? I have to send a pre-amp out for repair and want to be able to 
>>hook everything back up with the least amount of hassle and 
>>frustration.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Evelyn
>>
>>
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