This. Dymo Rhino and the Brother industrial (PZ? I can't remember) both have rugged labels that will stand up to sun, oil, chemicals, etc. Vinyl, cloth, a whole range of colors and sizes.
They also have printable heat shrink labels. On Sep 2, 2017 7:25 PM, "George Skorup" <george.sko...@cbcast.com> wrote: > I use a Dymo Rhino 5200 and 3/4" black on white industrial vinyl tape. The > 5200 has presets for wire and cable, patch panels, breaker panels, etc. > I've had the vinyl outdoors on 'Pipes and 'Boxes with a "GPS" label for > years. None of them have came off yet. They've stayed on cables in outdoor > cabinets that get a little on the warm side. I've pulled some off and > transferred to another cable and they re-stick just fine. > > We have several of this kit: https://www.amazon.com/ > Industrial-RHINO-Label-Maker-1756589/dp/B002M1HKLC/ > > On 9/2/2017 7:01 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote: > > I've been using a brother "TZ" labelmaker for quite a while. Works great > on flat surfaces. > > Recently, I've been needing to label wires for the test system - I'm > finding that the TZ tape likes to peel. I'm going to get a brand new roll > of the cable&wire flexible id tape, in case I got a bad one or mistakenly > used the wrong tape for some of these labels. But... I'm pretty convinced > that this is more related to the fact that these cables are > inserted/removed regularly and as such the label+cable is subject to being > flexed. With the plastic tape being not as flexible as the cable, this is > causing enough 'strain' on the adhesive for it to release. > > I've been curious about the brady and other similar labelers. > Unfortunately I don't know what label is going on these cables at build > time so for the most part I'm going to have to stick with some sort of > adhesive label (unless there is another option other than a heatshrink > tube). The fact that brady has cloth labels makes me wonder if this would > work better... > > What does everyone use, and what experience have you had with the labels? > > BTW, many of these cables are CAT5 sized. Some are bigger/smaller > though... > > -- > *Forrest Christian* *CEO**, PacketFlux Technologies, Inc.* > Tel: 406-449-3345 | Address: 3577 Countryside Road, Helena, MT 59602 > forre...@imach.com | http://www.packetflux.com > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/fwchristian> <http://facebook.com/packetflux> > <http://twitter.com/@packetflux> > > >
