+1 on the Dymo labeler. I have two, the industrial vinyl is the best tape
I've ever used. They also have a heat shrink tubing you can print on. I've
used that also, so long as you can label the wire before you put a
connector on it. Lots of options for vertical wrap and horizontal wrap
labels, panels , etc. I still haven't used it to it's full potential.
On Sat, 02 Sep 2017 20:25:51 -0400, George Skorup
wrote:
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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