← Back to context Comment by dataflow 14 hours ago What marker do you use to mark them? Is the ink durable and easy to read? 10 comments dataflow Reply mceachen 9 hours ago I bought a cheap pack of 5 colors of 3m electrical tape. Each cable gets one or two pieces of tape:Data:White if usb2Blue if it supports USB 3 data (because 5Gbps USB 3 ports are mostly blue)Green if TB/USB4/40GbpsPower:None if low/no Power DeliveryYellow for 45W PDRed for 65W+ PD dns_snek 5 hours ago I suggest finding something else, electrical tape starts coming off after a few years, leaving behind sticky residue that's impossible to remove without some kind of solvent. Same goes for masking tape. notpushkin 1 hour ago Heatshrink? 2 replies → user_of_the_wek 7 hours ago You could even do combinations of colors like on resistors. Evidlo 6 hours ago Might get sticky residue after a few years dataflow 7 hours ago Love this, that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing! aaronax 11 hours ago A label maker, as they said they use, prints durable and easy to read labels. dataflow 11 hours ago Whoops, thank, I can't read - I misread label maker as label marker!
mceachen 9 hours ago I bought a cheap pack of 5 colors of 3m electrical tape. Each cable gets one or two pieces of tape:Data:White if usb2Blue if it supports USB 3 data (because 5Gbps USB 3 ports are mostly blue)Green if TB/USB4/40GbpsPower:None if low/no Power DeliveryYellow for 45W PDRed for 65W+ PD dns_snek 5 hours ago I suggest finding something else, electrical tape starts coming off after a few years, leaving behind sticky residue that's impossible to remove without some kind of solvent. Same goes for masking tape. notpushkin 1 hour ago Heatshrink? 2 replies → user_of_the_wek 7 hours ago You could even do combinations of colors like on resistors. Evidlo 6 hours ago Might get sticky residue after a few years dataflow 7 hours ago Love this, that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing!
dns_snek 5 hours ago I suggest finding something else, electrical tape starts coming off after a few years, leaving behind sticky residue that's impossible to remove without some kind of solvent. Same goes for masking tape. notpushkin 1 hour ago Heatshrink? 2 replies →
aaronax 11 hours ago A label maker, as they said they use, prints durable and easy to read labels. dataflow 11 hours ago Whoops, thank, I can't read - I misread label maker as label marker!
I bought a cheap pack of 5 colors of 3m electrical tape. Each cable gets one or two pieces of tape:
Data:
White if usb2
Blue if it supports USB 3 data (because 5Gbps USB 3 ports are mostly blue)
Green if TB/USB4/40Gbps
Power:
None if low/no Power Delivery
Yellow for 45W PD
Red for 65W+ PD
I suggest finding something else, electrical tape starts coming off after a few years, leaving behind sticky residue that's impossible to remove without some kind of solvent. Same goes for masking tape.
Heatshrink?
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You could even do combinations of colors like on resistors.
Might get sticky residue after a few years
Love this, that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing!
A label maker, as they said they use, prints durable and easy to read labels.
Whoops, thank, I can't read - I misread label maker as label marker!