Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Michael Painter
Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: I have a couple of wiring projects coming up on salt water-going vessels and I'm curious as to people's experiences with different types of cable marking products in a high-humidity / salt air / bilge environment None of the markers will be directly exposed to the outsi

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 08/03/2012 22:02, James Downs wrote: > Don't bother. Unless something revolutionary has come out recently, > attach-on-to products are the only way to go. In my experience all the > labels have to be maintained along with everything else that's in > contact with that environment/liquid. Use some

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread George Herbert
Under the circumstances... I would tend to do a two-phase solution. 1. At both ends, above the bilge area, put the most durable printed labels you can find. 2. Both at the ends, and intermittently under the deck, use a coded ID number for each cable using those slip-on crimp-on types (the cabl

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On 2012-03-08, at 2:10 PM, George Herbert wrote: > Which fuel is present affects the label durability... Diesel.

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
On 2012-03-08, at 2:01 PM, Jim Richardson wrote: > I have had good results with printed labels covered in clear > heatshrink. Awkward, time consuming, and generally annoying, but > works, and lasts. A bit more detail I should have included ... These are pleasure craft, so stuff goes under the

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread James Downs
On Mar 8, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > My preference is for a direct printing system rather than stock card markers. Don't bother. Unless something revolutionary has come out recently, attach-on-to products are the only way to go. In my experience all the labels have to be maint

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Jim Richardson
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I have a couple of wiring projects coming up on salt water-going vessels and > I'm curious as to people's experiences with different types of cable marking > products in a high-humidity / salt air / bilge environment > > None of the marke

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Måns Nilsson
On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 01:41:58PM -0800, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I have a couple of wiring projects coming up on salt water-going vessels and > I'm curious as to people's experiences with different types of cable marking > products in a high-humidity / salt air / bilge environment > > None of

Re: cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread George Herbert
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > I have a couple of wiring projects coming up on salt water-going vessels and > I'm curious as to people's experiences with different types of cable marking > products in a high-humidity / salt air / bilge environment > > None of the marke

cable markers for marine environments

2012-03-08 Thread Lyndon Nerenberg
I have a couple of wiring projects coming up on salt water-going vessels and I'm curious as to people's experiences with different types of cable marking products in a high-humidity / salt air / bilge environment None of the markers will be directly exposed to the outside elements, but quite a