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A customer in Phoenix showed me a trick with zip ties I'd never seen before
I was finishing up a panel install in a garage last month, and the homeowner, an older guy who used to work on phone lines, was watching me. He saw me struggling to keep a bundle of sensor wires neat while I mounted the box. He just said, 'Try a lacing pattern, not just a bunch around the middle.' He took two zip ties and showed me how to cross them in an X down the length of the bundle before tightening. It locked everything straight and tight with no sag. I've used it on every multi-wire run since. Anyone have other simple tricks for clean wire management in tight spaces?
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the_val8d agoTop Commenter
Spot on, that X pattern is a game changer for keeping bundles from twisting. Saw a telecom guy do the same thing with wax string years ago, same basic idea. It really locks everything in place like @evand65 said, those old school methods just work. I still use a variation of that with velcro straps on data cables, just feels cleaner than a single tight point in the middle.
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