Cable length color coding

[Miley_B]

For really tidy labelling how about using the Neutrik transparent coding ring to go on the XLR connector, it will fit a 6mm label underneath. There are also coloured bands available for the connectors.

XXCR

Transparent coding ring which allows an individual customized labeling, branding, coding etc.Just place an individual coloured and or lettered paper or tape (eg. Brothers) inside the ring.Box of 100 pcs.

www.neutrik.com

Neutrik are excellent at coming up with inventive ways to take your money for what seems like a simple component.

 

[EasyC]

In professional applications only labeling is used, the cable is always black. Coloring is done with shrink stuff, don’t recall the English name..

Krimpkousen

Op zoek naar een krimpkous? Koop ze eenvoudig online. Isoleer, bescherm en bundel gemakkelijk kabels. Voor 22u besteld = morgen in huis!

www.kabeldirect.nl

 

[Doodski]

In professional applications only labeling is used, the cable is always black. Coloring is done with shrink stuff, don’t recall the English name..

Krimpkousen

Op zoek naar een krimpkous? Koop ze eenvoudig online. Isoleer, bescherm en bundel gemakkelijk kabels. Voor 22u besteld = morgen in huis!

www.kabeldirect.nl

That's the stuff I used for instrumentation panel assembly. Looks fantastic and it runs off the printer. It also comes adhered to 8.5 x 11 cardboard sheets for use in a dot matrix printer.

 

[LTig]

For a few cables I use red for right channel and blue for left channel (not black as those are used for both). Long cables are labeled on both sides.

Just bought a bunch of 1m cables at different colors to make different adapter cables for my new mixing console (XLR male/female to TRS/TS, ...).

 

[RHO]

For really tidy labelling how about using the Neutrik transparent coding ring to go on the XLR connector, it will fit a 6mm label underneath. There are also coloured bands available for the connectors.

XXCR

Transparent coding ring which allows an individual customized labeling, branding, coding etc.Just place an individual coloured and or lettered paper or tape (eg. Brothers) inside the ring.Box of 100 pcs.

www.neutrik.com

Neutrik are excellent at coming up with inventive ways to take your money for what seems like a simple component.

That's a nice option. I'll have a look if these are in stock at the shop where I usually order.

In professional applications only labeling is used, the cable is always black. Coloring is done with shrink stuff, don’t recall the English name..

Krimpkousen

Op zoek naar een krimpkous? Koop ze eenvoudig online. Isoleer, bescherm en bundel gemakkelijk kabels. Voor 22u besteld = morgen in huis!

www.kabeldirect.nl

I was looking at this option for labeling with transparent shrink tube.
I think I'll try these out. Relabeling is much easier with those than using shrink tube.

 

[RHO]

For a few cables I use red for right channel and blue for left channel (not black as those are used for both). Long cables are labeled on both sides.

Just bought a bunch of 1m cables at different colors to make different adapter cables for my new mixing console (XLR male/female to TRS/TS, ...).

Very similar to what will end up doing.
Do you still label the red and blue cables? Or do you only label the black ones, since these are the only ones that are used for both L and R?

 

[LTig]

Very similar to what will end up doing.
Do you still label the red and blue cables? Or do you only label the black ones, since these are the only ones that are used for both L and R?

The black ones, but mainly because they are long (5, 10 and 20 m) and stored on cable drums (for my small PA system). I have labels on the red/blue cables to effect processor and equalizer.

No labels in all my hifi systems although it would make sense.

 

[RHO]

The black ones, but mainly because they are long (5, 10 and 20 m) and stored on cable drums (for my small PA system). I have labels on the red/blue cables to effect processor and equalizer.

No labels in all my hifi systems although it would make sense.

Got it. Makes sense.

I think the longest I will need is about 4m. I'll label those since I'll have a few running in parallel under my desk.

 

[DVDdoug]

When I was in high school & college I worked for a place that rented sound systems and we used a system based on the resistor color code. (We also repaired radios & TVs so we already knew the color code.)

For example brown was for a 10 or100 foot cable, red was 20 feet, green was 50 feet. We may have had some 15-foot (brown-green) and 25-foot cables (red-green), etc. We used colored electrical tape which is not the best method...

Now I sometimes use colored zip-ties. Not for length, and there's no meaning to the color, but just to identify which cable is which. The HDMI cable to the TV might have red zip-tie on both ends and the one to the cable box blue, etc.

And just recently I started putting paper labels on my USB cables that say "MINI", "MICRO", and "C". And I put a little colored dot-sticker on the what's normally the "top" if the connector when it's plugged in. Those colors don't mean anything, they just make it quicker to plug-in. (Usually the USB logo is on top but the dot is easier to see.) I should put dots on HDMI plugs too but I haven't yet.

 

[RHO]

When I was in high school & college I worked for a place that rented sound systems and we used a system based on the resistor color code. (We also repaired radios & TVs so we already knew the color code.)

There's a Dutch mnemonic for this:
Zij = zwart = black = 0
bracht = bruin = brown =1
rozen = rood = red = 2
op = oranje = orange = 3
Gerrits = geel = yellow = 4
graf = groen = green =5
bij = blauw = blue = 6
vies = violet = violet = 7
grijs = grijs = grey = 8
weer = wit = white = 9

She brought roses to Gerrits grave by foul, grey weather.

It's an easy sentence to remember. So it should be easy to figure out the color coding on resistors. Problem is I'm red and green blind.

 

[Speedskater]

What happens if a cable is damaged and you make it into two shorter cables.
Standard electricians 'color code":

0 Black
1 Brown
2 Red
3 Orange
4 Yellow
5 Green
6 Blue
7 Violet
8 Gray
9 White