REFLECTOR: Electrical Marking Tip

[John Overman]

As an alternative I just use Brother Ptouch labels under clear heatshrink. On very small wires like 20 gage you can use 6 point type, which is too small to read, but the clear heat shrink tends to magnify the type so it appears larger.
                                                                                  John

--- On Fri, 12/12/08, Terry Miles <terrence_miles at hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Terry Miles <terrence_miles at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Electrical Marking Tip
To: "'Velocity xl'" <velocityxl at fastmail.fm>, "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 7:49 AM




 
 

 







Try this 

http://www.imagesupply.com/productcart/pc/viewCategories.asp?idCategory=496 

   

I got the one for $350.  I don’t
know about the newer ones that may be cheaper.  There are others on Ebay.  Long
ago when I was in the market this one got recommended on the Nuckols forum so I
bought it.  They skin you further on the cartridges.  You will need two
different sizes.  Figure 30 to 40 cents per label depending on how big you want
the letters.  I started out printing with the little font and went to the
bigger font (more tape length) cuz it was too hard to read the little stuff.  I
wear trifocal glasses.  Not cheap, but if you do your own wiring, knowing what’s
what is not an option.  I would recommend this, sadly, as a solid way to keep
on top of what you are doing.   

   

For what is already crimped you can use
Rescue Tape.  Google Rescue Tape.  Al, or somebody pointed out you can get
silicon tape from McMaster Carr that is much much cheaper.  I checked and it
was way cheaper.   I’d go for a sample of both and see what you think.  Silicon
tape sticks to itself like nobody’s business and you can write on it.   

   

Terry  

   

   


  







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