I use a Dymo Rhino 5200 and 3/4" black on white industrial vinyl tape. The 5200 has presets for wire and cable, patch panels, breaker panels, etc. I've had the vinyl outdoors on 'Pipes and 'Boxes with a "GPS" label for years. None of them have came off yet. They've stayed on cables in outdoor cabinets that get a little on the warm side. I've pulled some off and transferred to another cable and they re-stick just fine.

We have several of this kit: https://www.amazon.com/Industrial-RHINO-Label-Maker-1756589/dp/B002M1HKLC/

On 9/2/2017 7:01 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
I've been using a brother "TZ" labelmaker for quite a while.   Works great on flat surfaces.

Recently, I've been needing to label wires for the test system - I'm finding that the TZ tape likes to peel.  I'm going to get a brand new roll of the cable&wire flexible id tape, in case I got a bad one or mistakenly used the wrong tape for some of these labels.  But... I'm pretty convinced that this is more related to the fact that these cables are inserted/removed regularly and as such the label+cable is subject to being flexed.  With the plastic tape being not as flexible as the cable, this is causing enough 'strain' on the adhesive for it to release.

I've been curious about the brady and other similar labelers.   Unfortunately I don't know what label is going on these cables at build time so for the most part I'm going to have to stick with some sort of adhesive label (unless there is another option other than a heatshrink tube).   The fact that brady has cloth labels makes me wonder if this would work better...

What does everyone use, and what experience have you had with the labels?

BTW, many of these cables are CAT5 sized.  Some are bigger/smaller though...

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