Lesson chaos wiring?

If YOU think, you have all under control, in this case you can miss this thread. If your wiring looks like the picture below:

you should have this:

or this:

or this:

If YOU do not know, what it is - it is called a

BREADBOARD

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard

Happy building!

OCD, OCD OCD!!!!!
(obsessive compulsive disorder)

Good idea! Already on my shopping list

lol

Here some nice tutorials related to that subject
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18280993

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...-cables-ide-floppy-xfi-front-panel-etc.81477/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/194-cable-sleeving-101/

What a nice wiring, very clear and so easy to sort
Now, find this short !

As a professional Electrician, I've become a big fan of a product we call wire ducting. It's available in a wide variety of colors and sizes to suit the job at hand.


Most wires can just be routed out the slots already in the sides. For larger wire sizes, the "tabs" can be snapped off quite easily if you flex them to the outside. I usually leave a little bit of extra wire in a zig-zag shape inside the ducting, so if you want to move a wire to a different terminal later on, you don't have to extend or shorten it.

Here are a couple examples of panels I've done with wire ducting:


PLCs in a control cabinet.


12V & 120V Marine style breaker panel interconnects

This is very usefull, thank you for the tip !

Neat, cheap, effective.

Self adhesive sticky tie bases and cable ties.

Some good options for cable protection:

http://pt.aliexpress.com/item/35x10...e-Cable-carrier-towing-chain/32258185847.html
http://www.solostocks.com.br/img/protetor-de-fios-comprimento-de-1-50-metros-daneva-1246293z0.jpg
http://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...-Insulation-For-Cable_11431319/showimage.html
http://www.pmacableprotection.co.uk...-xsol---the-ultimate-in-cable-protection.html
http://www.externalworksindex.co.uk...ls/Ridgiduct-twin-wall-HDPE-cable-protection/
http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Multi-colored-PET-Cable-Protection-Sleeve_1691045301.html

And Here there is another type of Breadboard, with energy contacts for easy use:

https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/4/e/b/7/3/518c07b8ce395fea62000001.jpg

And some tutorial about breadboard and wiring:

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-to-use-a-breadboard

For my finished cables I always use this


I don't know the name. But it's wrapped around cables in automobiles and it gives a very good look.

Here is a picture of two cables I made with this. (make shure to inlarge so you can zoom in )


For me the Breadboard didn't help to reduce the wiremess

Other simple tip that almost all already know is to use:



That Helps a lot

And if you don't have it you can pass a insulating tape around the wires...

To isolate you can also use Heat Shrink tubing:

I spent many years in data centres doing cable management on server racks
always preferred building a rack myself 'greenfield' rather than working on trying to unf@#k someone elses catastrophe, some of the most otherwise diligent and intelligent sysadmins would somehow lose all common sense when physically racking a server...

I always staged any cabling with double-sided velcro tape, similar to this stuff
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/400...chweb0_0,searchweb201602_6,searchweb201603_52
it comes in a range of widths, 2"/50mm, 1"/25mm or even narrower ~10mm & 5mm
the smaller stuff is great for doing thinner cables and small runs.
the wider stuff will obviously hold together better and helps keep a linear direction as well
its more expensive than buying cable ties, but cheaper in the long run as you can reuse.

this stuff is excellent for staging/preparing your cable runs, flexible in allowing quick changing of runs and robust enough to leave in place once finalised.

For bundling cables I'm a big fan of "Flexo F6". Pretty much the only downside is that you have to heat-seal any cuts you make to keep them from fraying. A hot knife makes that easy if you've got one handy, and I've managed to use a lighter as well.



The bundles can then be strapped down with velcro ties as needed.