andy-gts

anybody know where to get this really cool wire protector and wrap that has printing on it? these are pics from taking apart the (IAT) intake air temp wire to sensor to solder and extend it so I can put it finally in the cowl for more realistic air temps….

I don't want to put just the black plastic tubing over the wire , I would like to put this stuff back on so you can see the wire through the mesh covering…. but the wire covering that is mesh like wouldn't upload ……. maybe first pic is way too big?

andy-gts

guess i will pm mr brown as everything is labelled this way ….I HATe to bother the dude , he is probably in his mad scientist lab creating something new (LIGHTNING bolt and eerie howl)

andy-gts

here is the pic of the mesh covering, isn't that so cool

andy-gts

I JUST saw a thread by snow, and hacker responded about mcmaster.com……that is kinda what I WAs looking for.!!!! but any body know how to make the labels???

FLYVMO

Andy,

Several places online sell the mesh covering. I get mine from here: http://www.genuinedealz.com/marine-e...aided-sleeving

Don't have a source for those labels though.

Cheers!
Carl

MainePorsche

Is this helpful ?
http://www.imagesupply.com/productca...&idproduct=860

andy-gts

MainePorsche,


wow a label maker for shrink tubing ......I had no Idea !!!!!!

MainePorsche

Might be a thing for the professional mechanics - they can put a code on their wire work so they can date there work for their records, etc...
I like the meshes in Carl's link. Will add some to my armamentarium. Thanks Carl.

dr bob

It's used regularly to label wires in industrial applications. You can buy sheets of the labels, flattened, to put through an inkjet printer. Then they get sectioned, and installed with a mini heat gun/torch to shrink them.

andy-gts

dr bob, where do you buy the sheets that you can put through the ink jet....??

that would be nice to print at home !

hans14914

The mesh is called techflex or petflex. You can get reasonable quantities from WireCare.com

Dymo Industrial line of labelers called Rhino will print on heatshrink. It is a thermal process, so depending on where the tag is located, it could fade. The least expensive unit that does shrink is the 4200, I have a 6000 and its been a great unit for all sorts of projects.

BC

They make smaller heat shrink labelers and the short collars to label them.

One of my many wiring bookmarks

http://www.techflex.com

SeanR

www.wirecare.com has everything you'd need.

dr bob

Andy--

You'd do well to send a list of designators to Greg or Hans and talk him into printing them for you. The industrial printers will do strips of labels rather than needing whole sheets, and they use a waterproof ink or thermal print that would be a lot better for automotive stuff. It's been years since I supported that end of the construction biz, and I'm sure the state of the art is way beyond what I knew last.