Question about labeling cables after every job | Cable Installers

Richard Perez · 2026-02-28T00:11:02.228519+00:00

I started putting labels on all cables when I wrap up an install. It saves me a lot of time if there's ever a problem later. Do you guys do something similar?

shane_foster7mo ago

My van looked like @the_vera's art project last Tuesday.

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the_jenny7mo ago

Yeah I was totally against it at first, seemed like a waste of time. Then I had a call back for a simple audio hum and spent forty minutes just tracing which cable was which in a tangled mess. Seeing Vera's art project comment totally brought that nightmare back. Now a quick label feels like the easiest five minutes I spend on a job.

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the_vera7mo ago

Got lazy once and used different colored tape instead of labels. Took me twice as long to figure out my own system later. Looked like a kid's art project.

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