Wire management

[quartet-man]

I have used some similar rubber things for the ground for mic cables etc. for church, but discovered the following for off the ground. I'd think it would work good for behind the computer. Has anyone used this before

Hosa Split-Loom Cable Organizer at AmericanMusical.com

[Bob338]

That's exactly what I'm using. My main computer sits under the desk to my right and all the wiring and cables come from my left, along with the power source. All the wires dangling down there were a recipe for disaster so I bought a 3' piece at Fry's. I used a cable tie on the end where the wires go in from all different directions. That keeps them in the sheath on that end. Works pretty neat for me.

I also used it to hide by wires in the TV room. Keeps them nice and bundled.

[quartet-man]

Cool. Yeah, I have my tower underneath and no matter what I do, the cables get wound up it seems. On the sound system that I recently used it for, I used velcro ties instead of the supplied zip ties. That way it keeps the tubing closed, but is easy to undo/redo if I want to add or remove something.

[Nuclear Krusader]

You might also like the cable turtles.

[David M]

For hiding wires and giving your rig a more professional look, it work's great. I use cable tie holders for keping the wire runs straight, parallel and for making nice 90 degree turns.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...w=1403&bih=925

[SARGE]

That stuff been around a long time. Been using it in the old Bug and the PC stuff for the longest. First time saw it was when working with AT&T b4 retired and that was 8 moons ago. Good stuff and comes in different sizes so make your bundle as you please.

[quartet-man]

It's cool to find out about these things. It might be more cool to have invented them.

[SARGE]

Originally Posted by quartet-man It's cool to find out about these things. It might be more cool to have invented them.

I agree. Wish I'd invented Breathe-Right nasal strips, which I can't live without. My nose doc says the same.

[quartet-man]

Originally Posted by SARGE I agree. Wish I'd invented Breathe-Right nasal strips, which I can't live without. My nose doc says the same.

Heck imagine having invented velcro or post it notes. Either would make us rich men presuming we hadn't sold the patent.

[jdeb]

I am using that stuff today. I am finishing up the installation of 15 desktops and server. Makes for very clean installations. I also clip them to the underside of the desks. No cords showing. The company is very impressed. Everything was a rats nest before.

[edfair]

There is also a plastic wrap of various diameters that looks like telephone handset cable where you wrap it around your wires with breakouts where needed. It is a little harder to get an individual wire out but holds better that what you show.

I have the cables for 4 machines (video shared by KVM) running behind my desk and controlled as well as possible with a piece of 1"w by 2" d cable trough mounted horizontally.
The power cables are not included as they feed directly from the 4 separate UPS units in the kneehole using the shortest leads possible.

Because of the wire tangle issues I keep a stock of short power leads and wall wart extensions as those seem to create more problems than the others.

[bucksfanjimj1]

quartet-man, you can also find that conduit at your local auto parts store.

Advance has quite a selection in sizes.
Advance Auto Parts: Electrical and Wiring -

[edfair]

one spiral wrap supplier:
Spiral Wrap | Cable Wrap | Abrasion Protection for Wires and Cables | CableTiesAndMore.com

[quartet-man]

Hey Nuk, would the Cable Turtles work with an extension cord (I am talking the orange thicker guage kind)? I was also thinking of sound system speaker cables too. If the large one accepts up to 1000Watts, I would think it could be okay.

[Nuclear Krusader]

I dunno, I don't use them. Always wanted to buy them but the high cost of shipping has prevented me. I think the orange extension cord is quite thick, maybe the largest tortoise would take it, but I don't think you could wrap many metres of it around the turtle's neck.

[quartet-man]

Oh, so you wanted me to be a guinea pig, huh? I just went ahead and bough shorter and thinner extension cords for the sound system, however it would be cool if they would work for speaker cable etc.

[Nuclear Krusader]

Muhahaha!!

I'm puzzled as to why the turtles have a rating of 1000W max. From what I can see all you do is wrap the cable around; you don't plug anything to the turtle.

[quartet-man]

They are made from rubber so maybe they don't want the higher voltage going through the cables to melt the rubber.

[edfair]

quote quartet-man:
"Heck imagine having invented velcro or post it notes."

The post it notes were a result of researchers trying to figure out how to use a glue that didn't work. Evidently they were expecting a latest and greatest way to attach things and were surprised when it didn't stick.