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How do they know which is which? (i.imgur.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by csm10495 to c/[email protected]

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Serious question.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I do lighting design in small theaters & have a fair amount of my own gear. I have a ton of 3-pin, 4-pin, and 5-pin XLR cables, and also some adapters that convert between 3&5 pin. I use colored zip ties on the ends of each cable to not only tell me what type of cable it is but to distinguish my cables from the theaters cables.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've worked in some big data centers. The network wiring, thank god, is labeled on each end with a unique number. They come from the supplier like that, and are tracked for decom just like anything else.

Otherwise, 20cm diameter bundles, yeah.