On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 01:41:58PM -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I have a couple of wiring projects coming up on salt water-going vessels and > I'm curious as to people's experiences with different types of cable marking > products in a high-humidity / salt air / bilge environment > > None of the markers will be directly exposed to the outside elements, but > quite a bit will be running below decks and will have to put up with the > bilge. Anyone have any horror stories to share? > > My preference is for a direct printing system rather than stock card markers.
Most durable is probably PVC cable markers of the type found in automation systems and similar; I've used them in live sound which is a very stressful environment. Several manufacturers make these; the resistor colourcode type is really great for quick ID of numeric identifiers. Typical offering: http://www.cablecraft.co.uk/file.php?filename=WebCat-0001002b00040003%2FEasi-Lok_Halogen_Free_Markers.pdf If you want to print, Brady has a number of different solutions, of which, at a quick glance, this one looks good: http://www.bradyid.com/bradyid/domino/contentView.do/B7643.html -- Måns, the wannabe automation engineer.
