Subj : Re: Seeking cable management ideas.... To : bp@www.zefox.net From : Andrew Smallshaw Date : Wed Jun 12 2024 20:45:14 On 2024-06-12, wrote: > Has anybody come up with an inexpensive way of organizing cables > among groups of Raspberry Pi hosts? The problem tends to be power > supplies. Most come with a fairly long cord and coiling it results > in a sort of bird's nest. Shortening it might be possible for the > older Pi's, but probably not for the later USB-C models. Stock > length cables are better a foot long than an inch short, so in the > end they're all at least a little too long. A very simple habit to form is what I've always known as "BBC method" although apparently roadies are familiar with it too: when coiling a cable twist it a quarter turn for each loop of the cable - in my experience simply twisting the cable induces a loop to form by itself so work with that and adjust it to suit the rest of the coil. The simple act of coiling a cable induces a twist in it, which will try to straighten itself out after you release it. The quarter turn compensates for that and means the cable lies straight in the coil and lies flat once released. Some cables work better than others, in particular cables that have been abused in the past (including in the packet!) may be less reluctant to co-operate. A cable tie of some form may still be needed but eliminating the inherent twist eliminates the structural tendency towards chaos. -- Andrew Smallshaw andrews@sdf.org --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | Fido<>Usenet Gateway (3:770/3) .