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Subject: patch cord colors

From: Seth Elgart <selgart@...>
Date: 2004-10-19

This may seem like a silly question, but as there are nine cable
colors and eight heat shrink colors I'm rather at a loss as to which
of the 72 color combinations to order. As I expect these cables to
last more or less a lifetime, I don't want to get 14 two-footers that
are, say, orange cable and blue heat shrink only to regret that
choice after a few weeks. I would have been perfectly happy with
three cable colors to choose from and black heat shrink. Does
everyone get cables color coded by length, or maybe you all pick one
color and stick with it, or maybe most people do a random mix and
match. Picking modules for my first order was easy compared to this!
<g>

I went to the synthtech web site for some photos to help me decide
but they're all in black and white! Except for Roger Powell, that is,
but he's got a mish-mash of different colors so it's hard to find an
underlying theme (and besides, it looks like he got cheap ones
anyway<another grin>). Since I live in New York City I could be cool
and get all black for that "you can't see my patch cords" look, or I
could go the other way and get magenta and green for that fluorescent
look. Most likely I'll be somewhere in between, but I just wanted to
get some opinions from experienced users before I put in my order.

Thanks,

Seth