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Re: Cable Colors


From: Matthew Kaufman <matthew () eeph com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:23:31 -0700

Peter Wohlers wrote:
As you can see, by and large, people assign colors to functions. What color to what function varies like the wind. Unlike a previous employer whose colo-manager person insisted on using colors to represent cable lengths (Doh!), color -> function mapping seems pretty universal.

I used to do that too... Until I stood behind a rack trying to figure out which of the 70 or so gray wires from the switch was the one going to the box I was having the problem with. Then I bought as many different colors as I could find, and mixed things up a bit.

Matthew Kaufman


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