How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
(OP)
This may seem like an elementary question but does anyone have a recommendation on how to store and organize accelerometer cables?
I have been winding each cable and placing it in a plastic Ziploc bag. Perhaps this simply is the best method?
I've tried plastic ties in the past but even with two ties on each cable I usually end up with a tangled, disorganized mess.
I've thought about test lead holders ( http: //www.newa rk.com/pom ona/1508-p om/test-le ad-holder/ dp/39K1269 ) but the of the cables may make it impracticl. but the of the cables may make it impractical.
Thanks,
David
I have been winding each cable and placing it in a plastic Ziploc bag. Perhaps this simply is the best method?
I've tried plastic ties in the past but even with two ties on each cable I usually end up with a tangled, disorganized mess.
I've thought about test lead holders ( http:
Thanks,
David





RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
- Steve
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
Thanks Steve,
I like the accelerometer box idea. Out of curiosity, have you found the cable to effect the calibrations?
David
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
Can't really comment on the effect of the accelerometer cables, but as charge devices, they must have had an effect (?).
- Steve
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
I used to have one tidy minded technician who would coil them up and cable tie them. Ack. That puts kinks in them, plus you risk damaging the cable when you cut the cable tie off. For the long ones (3m+) I prefer a loose coil, say 300 mm OD, with a single piece of masking tape to hold the coil. For shorter ones I used to just drape them over some coathooks.
Length of cable shouldn't affect the calibration.
That all may sound very crude and nasty, it is as nothing compared with what happens when we instrument a car up. Incidentally everywhere I have worked has ended up building a cable testing box, ie two microdot sockets and a simple bit of logic that checks for continuity and shorts. Not 100%, but better than nothing.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
We just roll up the cables into a circle about 2-3" in diameter and use the little blue zip tie things PCB provides.
My boss likes to roll them up in a figure 8 so that the cables don't twist.
Back in school I remember our vibes lab just hung them up.
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
And just to clarify, the little blue zipties from PCB are reusable beaded type, kind of like 7567K31 from Mcmastercarr. No fear of clipping the cables. Once we tie them up, we just throw them in a drawer.
It's interesting that you have a dummy light box, we do the same.
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
- Steve
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
Charge amps don't like damp cables...
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: How do you store and organize accelerometer cables?
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