Equipment labels

[Alec97]

http://www.heatshrink-online.co.uk/heatshrink/prod_2897110-31-Clear-Glue-Lined-Heat-Shrink-19mm-Diameter.html

 

found this for XLR cables with the Avery heavy duty labels underneath :) will go over the XLR inner bit with the metal bit removed.

[david.elsbury]

Er, wouldn't the glue obstruct the label and make it unreadable?

[whisky-zulu]

I've had some glue-lined heatshrink, and so long as you give it a good blast of hot-air, then the glue melts enough and forms a transparent layer under the heatshrink itself. It can just occasionally be a bit of a pain with barcoded items, especially if you get an air bubble trapped.

[Alec97]

I'll go for heatshrink without glue I think

[sparkyweb]

I'll go for heatshrink without glue I think

 

I always used heat shrink with glue as the heat shrink doesn't move then.

 

I never had a problem with barcode reading with this type of heat shrink.

[Bobbsy]

For cables, we used to use a lot of THIS sort of thing. They stay on well but can be removed and, because they have a colour code, you quickly learn the combination for all you common lengths of cable. There's an installation tool sold separately.

 

FYI, Canford also do kits but we rapidly worked out that there were certain numbers we needed a lot more of than others.

 

For gear, we used to pay for Traffolyte engraved markers for the big stuff--after a few years we found a cheap tool to do our own but my Googling so far has only found stupidly expensive high speed ones. We also paid a label company for hundreds of stick on metal foil logos that were, in theory, not removeable. These has a stock number that went up by one per label.

[Charlie P]

I would like to label my cables with their length

 

Just found these http://www.gaffatape.com/Cable-Length-ID-Tape/default.aspx

[Dave m]

I'd just use paint markers on the plug tops/ tailsYou could use different colours if you wanted

[Stuart91]

Just found these http://www.gaffatape.com/Cable-Length-ID-Tape/default.aspx

 

Texture-wise, that tape seems to be closely related to parcel tape. It'll be OK on power cables (3x2.5mm and above) and I've seen plenty of the big boys using it for such. However it would be bit nasty on mic cable, DMX cable, etc.

[the kid]

Just found these http://www.gaffatape.com/Cable-Length-ID-Tape/default.aspx

 

Texture-wise, that tape seems to be closely related to parcel tape. It'll be OK on power cables (3x2.5mm and above) and I've seen plenty of the big boys using it for such. However it would be bit nasty on mic cable, DMX cable, etc.

 

IS that not what whitelight or stage use for everything though ?

[p.k.roberts]

Just found these http://www.gaffatape.com/Cable-Length-ID-Tape/default.aspx

 

Texture-wise, that tape seems to be closely related to parcel tape. It'll be OK on power cables (3x2.5mm and above) and I've seen plenty of the big boys using it for such. However it would be bit nasty on mic cable, DMX cable, etc.

 

I was quite disappointed with this stuff - I agree it's like a thicker version of parcel tape and I found the colours to be poorly chosen, e.g. the 'red' is quite 'orangey' and the orange is nearly red so often difficult to differentiate between the two. I'll use up what I have - but I won't be buying any more.