Cable labeling

[rose1265]

A while back a cable labeling system was mentioned. It was more for industrial or commercial applications and supported a wide range of materials. If I recall correctly, it could print on heat shrink for labeling cables, as small as 20 or 22 gage. I went to the web page and the units were yellow? I have lost the link and have not been able to find it. Hopefully someone on the list will have a better memory than mine.

Thanks

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[aadamson]

It was dymo.com and it's the RhinoPro 5000. Not sure about 22 gauge tho. The smallest heatshrink was .25 I believe, but check their website. You can also find them new on ebay. If not wanting heatshrink, you can get smaller print and use one of the other types of label material.

BTW, the other manufacture is KROY, and they really aren't any more expensive. I didn't look to see if there were other options for sizes of heatshrink tho.

[az_gila]

Another method you can use is REALLY small print from your word processor and clear heat shrink tubing.

It's quite amazing how small you can go with this method...

And it's cheap....

Here's a label on 20 gauge wire....



gil in Tucson.... print really small....

[Chofrock]

Another cheap technic I have seen is writing with a permenant marker (sharpie) on normal heat shrink (white is easiest), and then shrink as usual. The lettering shrinks, and you end up with very small labels. This method requires great penmanship though. Not everone has that.

[N62XS]

According to Dymo.com, the smallest size they sell is .25 with a 3:1 shrink rate. At that shrink rate, to 0.083, it will work for 12 gauge wire.

BTW this is a link to a nice chart on wire.

http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

[az_gila]

Originally Posted by Hard Knox

According to Dymo.com, the smallest size they sell is .25 with a 3:1 shrink rate. At that shrink rate, to 0.083, it will work for 12 gauge wire.

BTW this is a link to a nice chart on wire.

http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

Robby... you quoted the bare wire diameter...

For labeling, the diameter of the insulation is the appropriate number.

http://terminaltown.com/Pages/Page6.html (3/4 down the page)

This gives #16 gauge as the minimum for MIL-W-22759/16 wire for the dymo heat shrink, still a bit large for our application...

gil in Tucson

[Highflight]

The most serious labeler I've seen comes at a price, but looks like it would handle virtually every labeling requirement a builder might have up to 1" labels and shrink tubing that would handle wire down to 22ga (the 1/8" size tubing).

Considering how it could handle all the panel labeling as well, it could potentially pay for itself.

http://www.imagesupply.com/labelMaker2001xlstKSun.asp

[scard]

Yep, this is what I got for the task.

Originally Posted by Highflight

The most serious labeler I've seen comes at a price, but looks like it would handle virtually every labeling requirement a builder might have up to 1" labels and shrink tubing that would handle wire down to 22ga (the 1/8" size tubing).

Considering how it could handle all the panel labeling as well, it could potentially pay for itself.

http://www.imagesupply.com/labelMaker2001xlstKSun.asp

[LifeofReiley]

Man that's some expensive shrink tube... IMHO

Darrell