Nick Forero
New Member
Hello!
I work for the rental office on campus and have been thinking of a way to reorganize (or organize period) our power cables. We have an unnecessarily large stock of power cables that are usually just a big mess.
Here's an outline of our current setup. I'll attach a photo (sorry its such low quality).
We have a large (maybe 10' square) section of pegboard with hooks that we use to hang all of our data and video cable. This is all the lightweight stuff so it isn't a big problem, and assuming everyone coils the cables halfway decent and hangs them properly it isn't really a problem. We use a combination of colored velcro ties and regular tie line to keep that tidy. Then, the cables are vertically sorted into type and general length.
The problem comes with the power cable. We almost entirely make our own cable so they are pretty tough and hold up, which also means they're very bulky and all look similar. We also recently absorbed another branch so we have twice the amount of cable... way too much.
Our current "system" has four horizontal cubbies to store coiled cables. This isn't too bad except for the fact that we don't have enough of them.
In addition to all of the regular power, we have a large stock of quad boxes, stage breakouts and odd multi box chains that take up a lot of space.
So my question is, what is everyones experience with this type of cable storage? Any input would be great!
Thanks!!
I work for the rental office on campus and have been thinking of a way to reorganize (or organize period) our power cables. We have an unnecessarily large stock of power cables that are usually just a big mess.
Here's an outline of our current setup. I'll attach a photo (sorry its such low quality).
We have a large (maybe 10' square) section of pegboard with hooks that we use to hang all of our data and video cable. This is all the lightweight stuff so it isn't a big problem, and assuming everyone coils the cables halfway decent and hangs them properly it isn't really a problem. We use a combination of colored velcro ties and regular tie line to keep that tidy. Then, the cables are vertically sorted into type and general length.
The problem comes with the power cable. We almost entirely make our own cable so they are pretty tough and hold up, which also means they're very bulky and all look similar. We also recently absorbed another branch so we have twice the amount of cable... way too much.
Our current "system" has four horizontal cubbies to store coiled cables. This isn't too bad except for the fact that we don't have enough of them.
In addition to all of the regular power, we have a large stock of quad boxes, stage breakouts and odd multi box chains that take up a lot of space.
So my question is, what is everyones experience with this type of cable storage? Any input would be great!
Thanks!!