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patch cord colors

2004-10-19 by Seth Elgart

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

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