maintaining a neat cable bundle

Sep 14, 2009 4 Replies
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I need to run several cables underneath the eves of a house, but would like the option to easily add more cables to the bundle in the future. The screw-in Panduit style cable tie wraps would be ideal, except that adding another cable would require unscrewing all of them and replacing them. I don't mind the cost of replacing tie wraps, but don't want to unscrew and rescrew the tie wraps to add a cable. Is there a screw head that is specifically designed to hold a tie wrap, or a Panduit style tie wrap that can be untied and retied?



Best, Christopher


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Besides various types of tie-wraps, there's another option. You could just bang galvanized drive rings in every 2-3 feet. Then you only need one tie-wrap at each end of the bundle. The rings are actually open hooks so you can add or move cables from the bundle at will. To make the installation neat and professional looking, install one drive ring at each end and snap a chalk line between them. The run will be straight as a rail.

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Some excellent suggestions offered so far... another one you could consider is using plastic split loom, and attaching it at intervals to the eave with short panhead or waferhead screws, then not only can you pop the wiring in and out of it at will, but it will hide all the wiring and make the whole thing look extra-clean. If needed, you can also use black zap-straps at intervals to hold it all closed.

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On Sep 13, 10:23=EF=BF=BDpm, "Christopher Glaeser" wrot= e:

Wouldn't plastic conduit look a lot better than exposed wires? It can be painted also.

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