Organizing cable spaghetti?
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Do anyone have some good tips to organizing cable spaghetti?
As I'm moving into my new apartment I want to reduce the cable nightmare of computers, TV, decoders, game-consoles, stereo....
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When ever I move equipment, I wrap a 6" length of tape once around each end of a connector in order to have a 3" tag where I write what the connector was connected to. I also use ties to organize, and wrap strands of related cable. Use the cheap kind until you are done, then tie them with the good stuff.
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Or when i'm stuck for ideas i always resort to lifehacker
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One are supposed to keep power cables separate from signal cables?
I've been using velcro straps before, though not enough of them. There's just so many cables. I'm considering getting some cable-channels to route the big bulk of cables for the longer distances.
But even when you tie cables togeother you end up with them lumps of loops that just clutter..
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@unknownuser said:
One are supposed to keep power cables separate from signal cables?
Maybe at a concert or equivalent but for Thomthom HQ I'd imagine you'll be fine. Signal cables are normally shielded. You really are considering every detail
When is the house warming?
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I have also seen, but not used myself, flex tubes (conduits) to collect groups of cable.
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@unknownuser said:
You really are considering every detail
I've ignored it so far - but something I've seen mentioned a few times. Figured I'd check if it mattered now that I decided to sort this out.
I got tomorrow off and will use it and the rest of the weekend to move the last bit of junk and clean out my old apartment.
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@honoluludesktop said:
I have also seen, but not used myself, flex tubes (conduits) to collect groups of cable.
Is that the spiral tube thingies? I tried once wrapping the cables in these plastic spirals - royal pain in the rear end when you
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@unknownuser said:
When is the house warming?
Don't avoid my blatant party crashing ruse! I don't care about cables. You can't plug in lager
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That's a possibility:-) Once I was desperate to find a temporary solution, and took some cardboard tubes, slit them along their lengths, then slipped them over the collection of cables. I was able to easily add, or remove a cable to any collection until I was done with organizing. I then used permanent ties ti complete the collection.
What you may be looking for is the kind of equipment that high end audiophiles use. Perhaps you can google, and find something along those lines.
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Look for cable organizer tubing. It has a cut in the middle to easily place the cables inside.
@thomthom said:
One are supposed to keep power cables separate from signal cables?
I have a power cable and an HDMI video cable running together in a conduit. No problems whatsoever.
I suppose you're also getting a good wireless router as part of your fight against clutter, right?
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@unknownuser said:
@unknownuser said:
When is the house warming?
Don't avoid my blatant party crashing ruse! I don't care about cables. You can't plug in lager
Bring lager and you're welcome any time!
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We refer to the spiral cable management as "split loom" and some tiypes are better than others there is commonly a specialized tool for getting the cable in and out but you are correct, it is a pain. One thing that annoys me is that cables never seem to be the right length.
If you have a monitor with a USB connection and use USB keyboard and mouse, utilize the USB connection on the monitor for them That way you only have one USB cable going to the computer instead of two. If you plan to leave cables where they are, use nylon cable ties and adhesive squares designed for them to tie the cable into place. Sort out cable lengths and neatly coil the long ones. Then use cable ties to secure the coils. Usually you can find something to tie the coils to on the back of the computer. Try to keep simple straight runs between the keyboard, mouse monitor etc.
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Quick! Everybody jump into this time machine! We are going 15 years into the future. We're gonna have wireless power as well as wireless data.
What gripes me, is that every time I add something wireless I get 3 wires
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You need to see our anesthesia machines. With medical gas hoses, power, data collection from the machine itself as well as the physiological monitoring and the phone, computer, monitor, keyboard, bar code scanner and trackball we mount on most of them along with lights and laryngoscope handles, cable management gets to be a big deal for us.
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You should try and keep power and signal cables separate although not a must. If you have an UPS and start operation from that the DC to AC converter with its higher EMI maybe a problem but have not found a specific case. TV cables are double shielded and unlike MIL spec cables with a shielding effectiveness of 45 db they have 90 db. I think that is the same for some of the PC special hook up cables you pay $$ for. In the EMC world this is called category separation. If you want some boring reading look at MIL STD 461 and 462. I like the small plastic straps with stick on where you can place where you want. For course they do not stay forever
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