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Old 01-09-2011, 11:54 PM
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tip for wire ID/color coding

castinemarine was looking for some wire - yellow with red. A more permanent DIY approach than vinyl tape is to get some heat-shrink (polyolefin) tubing, commonly used in hobby electronics. This stuff is great for insulating solder joins etc, and comes in a range of colors and sizes. often, I use a short length (1/4") at each end of a custom wire to color code it. You can use a heatgun to shrink it, but I usually just wipe to with the shank of my soldering iron. It closes up so tight I'd guess it's as good as airtight.
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