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  1. H380
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    Yep. That is the pair order. The bundle order is :
    Will / White
    Rodgers / Red
    Balls / Black
    Young / Yellow
    Virgins / Violet

    So you have White/Blue and Blue/White as first tip/ring pair. Violet is usually only used in 25 pair cable for the last 5 pair. 60 and 100 pair cable indoor cable use White, Red, Black and Yellow tape around the internal bundles in addition to the wire colors.
     
  2. Ebbsspeed
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    And the phrase to remember the color code for resistors? Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly. Get Some Now.
     
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  3. Almostdone
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    Used to work with some electronics engineers. They often reverted to using the resistor colors for color coding damn near everything. I could never get the hang of it.
     
  4. squirrel
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    I never did get far with the fun sayings, I just remember the names of the colors. And when I'm actually building something that requires several resistors, I again remember what number each color is.

    I guess if you learn this stuff young enough (10 years old) it sticks with you.
     
  5. Fortunateson
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    Regarding the sharp cut off ends simply take a lighter and smooth them out.
     
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  6. squirrel
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    Flush cutters work great for cutting the end off flush and safe. Or get one of the tools they make for the job.

    cut.jpg zip.jpg
     
  7. stanlow69
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    I use zip ties to bundle wire together. Different colors for different items. Then use a different color and size to bundle those bundles together. It makes it easier to find and locate the problem areas. Use em with a tag to label parts as well. I have found the multi packs in a container are the cheapest ones made.
     
  8. deathrowdave
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    I worked on top of a 8.5 million gallon liquid propane everyday for 30 years before transferring out to another dept . I knew some real “ sharp “ guys , that I wanted to put a ty wrap around their nuts so they could not infect the rest of the free world with stupid !
     
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  9. Silverplate
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    where do you purchase these?
     
  10. jimmy six
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    McMaster Carr has aluminum bundle ties...
     
  11. oldolds
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    Quite a few different kinds on that auction site
     
  12. birdman1
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    Baling wire is my first choice!!
     
  13. Like military connector contacts, they all had color bands on them. The widest one is where the code starts. like a "351", orange, green and brown. Orange would be the widest band.
     
  14. LOL never played baseball.

    I actually learned the trick from an old roundy round racer.
     

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