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Subject: Re: [motm] patch cord colors

From: Andrew Sanchez <synthasaurus@...>
Date: 2004-10-19

I opted to to color code the heat shrink to indicate various cable
lengths. This way, I get to use all of the cable colors, and it's
still easy to pick out the various lengths by looking at the heat
shrink.

Andrew Sanchez

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:02:01 +0200, Robert van der Kamp <robnet@...> wrote:
>
> I just ordered cables of two different lengths with all
> different colors. (I matched the heatshrink color with the
> cable color though.)
>
> Using the color to code the length of the cable is I guess
> the most smart thing to do. When you need a cable of a
> given length you immediately think 'blue, I need a blue
> one', look at that messy pile of cables on the floor and
> pick it out.
>
> But on my (still) small modular this would mean that almost
> all cables would have the same color, which is:
>
> a) plain boring! ;)
> b) not easy when debugging a patch.
>
> So I went for the what-the-heck rainbow approach, and enjoy
> it. :)
>
> - Robert