[150944] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: cable markers for marine environments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (=?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns?= Nilsson)
Thu Mar 8 16:58:49 2012
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 22:57:55 +0100
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns?= Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org>
To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <196F580D-359A-4BFA-9EE9-C54FDE463F70@orthanc.ca>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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 the markers will be directly exposed to the outside elements, but quite a bit will be running below decks and will have to put up with the bilge. Anyone have any horror stories to share?
>
> My preference is for a direct printing system rather than stock card markers.
Most durable is probably PVC cable markers of the type found in automation
systems and similar; I've used them in live sound which is a very
stressful environment. Several manufacturers make these; the resistor
colourcode type is really great for quick ID of numeric identifiers.
Typical offering:
http://www.cablecraft.co.uk/file.php?filename=WebCat-0001002b00040003%2FEasi-Lok_Halogen_Free_Markers.pdf
If you want to print, Brady has a number of different solutions, of which, at a quick glance, this one looks good:
http://www.bradyid.com/bradyid/domino/contentView.do/B7643.html
--
Måns, the wannabe automation engineer.
