Perhaps some kind of capacitive clothespin clip that could induce a tone on a wire without contacting the wires. I wonder if I could jam enough signal into an open ended cable like that to be able to ID it in a bundle....
From: Nate Burke Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 9:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Office Wire labeling I like the fast pull plan, but I'm probably going to be doing all the termination by myself, so that involves alot of running back and forth. I don't have that fancy of a toner, just a simple (and cheap) telco one, which always seems to be able to narrow it down to about 4 cables in the bundle that all tone equally. I like Chuck's Binary idea, maybe vertical and horizontal lines with a sharpie. On 12/28/2017 9:55 AM, Bill Prince wrote: I'm with Lewis on this one. We do bundle duplex/quad groups together, but we don't worry about individual cables. We use the ID plugs and a toner to figure out which one is which. Labels fall off, and markers smear, especially when they're getting manhandled. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 12/28/2017 7:32 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote: Honestly, we just pull them all and tone them after. Seems just as fast. We have a Fluke cable tester that has 8 ID plugs and the probe tells you which one you touch so you can do 8 at once. At least I think that is how it works. Even if not toning is pretty fast way. We put a guy on each end and start toning and punching each end as they go. On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 9:25 AM Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: These are the ones I use on panels and end devices most of the time for SCADA projects. Electricians use them as well when they pull wire for us...once tested and certified, we make our heat shrink and non heat shrink Brady ID labels never remove the original ones. We reposition if necessary.. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Ideal-Wire-Marker-Booklet-Legend-10-Pack-44-103/100118633 Jaime Solorza On Dec 28, 2017 8:16 AM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote: Here you go... several ways to get it done.. https://www.cableorganizer.com/cable-identification/ Jaime Solorza On Dec 28, 2017 8:12 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Sharpie works but is difficult to do well and rubs off. You could use strips of tape and sharpie to do a binary code. Tape, tape, sharpie, tape = 13 -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 8:06 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] Office Wire labeling I'm getting ready to pull some Cat5 into an office space, about 40 drops. What's the best way to label the cables as they are pulled before they are dressed/punched. Printing a label for each cable that's going to get cut off as it's dressed into the patch panel seems wasteful. Colored tape could work, but may get cumbersome with the combinations. Is writing the drop number on the jacket with a Sharpie the best way?
