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Re: Cable care

Subject: Re: Cable care
From: "Max Catterwell" oatcruncher
Date: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:03 am ((PDT))
> > Take the end of your cable (the last coil you made, letting it loose >a=
s necessary) and starting a metre or more from the end, wind this >firmly a=
nd neatly around the bunched coils about 5 times working away >from the sho=
rt loop of the coils, then 3 times back.
> >
> > You need to have half a metre or so of free cable left.  Form this >int=
o a small loop, push it through the looped coils, then open it out >enough =
to bring it back over the outside of them.  Pull the end >tight.
>
> I think you need to be very careful doing this. Wrapping the end around t=
he coil and pulling it tight is OK for rope, but could cause you to exceed =
the 'minimum bend radius' of the cable and cause damage to the internal str=
ucture.
>
I use these; quick and simple:
http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/20569/39-121-RIP-TIE-CableWrap-H3-Black








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