← Back to context Comment by dataflow 17 hours ago What marker do you use to mark them? Is the ink durable and easy to read? 12 comments dataflow Reply mceachen 12 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 7 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. zimpenfish 9 minutes ago I use wraparound cable labels[0] which seem to work ok (although do end up sliding up and down the cable to some extent.)[0] e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQTX4MPL raro11 38 minutes ago I assume he labels the bag and never has the need to remove it (you just take a new bag). Edit: Nope I was wrong. Bad bad bad notpushkin 4 hours ago Heatshrink? 2 replies → user_of_the_wek 9 hours ago You could even do combinations of colors like on resistors. Evidlo 8 hours ago Might get sticky residue after a few years dataflow 9 hours ago Love this, that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing! aaronax 13 hours ago A label maker, as they said they use, prints durable and easy to read labels. dataflow 13 hours ago Whoops, thank, I can't read - I misread label maker as label marker!
mceachen 12 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 7 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. zimpenfish 9 minutes ago I use wraparound cable labels[0] which seem to work ok (although do end up sliding up and down the cable to some extent.)[0] e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQTX4MPL raro11 38 minutes ago I assume he labels the bag and never has the need to remove it (you just take a new bag). Edit: Nope I was wrong. Bad bad bad notpushkin 4 hours ago Heatshrink? 2 replies → user_of_the_wek 9 hours ago You could even do combinations of colors like on resistors. Evidlo 8 hours ago Might get sticky residue after a few years dataflow 9 hours ago Love this, that sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing!
dns_snek 7 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. zimpenfish 9 minutes ago I use wraparound cable labels[0] which seem to work ok (although do end up sliding up and down the cable to some extent.)[0] e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQTX4MPL raro11 38 minutes ago I assume he labels the bag and never has the need to remove it (you just take a new bag). Edit: Nope I was wrong. Bad bad bad notpushkin 4 hours ago Heatshrink? 2 replies →
zimpenfish 9 minutes ago I use wraparound cable labels[0] which seem to work ok (although do end up sliding up and down the cable to some extent.)[0] e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQTX4MPL
raro11 38 minutes ago I assume he labels the bag and never has the need to remove it (you just take a new bag). Edit: Nope I was wrong. Bad bad bad
aaronax 13 hours ago A label maker, as they said they use, prints durable and easy to read labels. dataflow 13 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.
I use wraparound cable labels[0] which seem to work ok (although do end up sliding up and down the cable to some extent.)
[0] e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQTX4MPL
I assume he labels the bag and never has the need to remove it (you just take a new bag). Edit: Nope I was wrong. Bad bad bad
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!