What works for you?
The nice converters have given us a huge length of cable and they put it on an old cable reel.
What I'm thinking of getting is a cable winder but want to get something basic that takes up minimum space.
Any ideas?
(Make one from some plywood? )
Hook up cable storage
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Hook up cable storage
Freda now gone, :-/ But nice wee Burstner obtained
http://www.gordonbickerton.co.uk
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Re: Hook up cable storage
depends how much space you have to use, simple cable ties do the job for me and store it under the bed. You can buy zipper bags for them i believe but not sure what they will cost you.clutha wrote:What works for you?
The nice converters have given us a huge length of cable and they put it on an old cable reel.
What I'm thinking of getting is a cable winder but want to get something basic that takes up minimum space.
Any ideas?
(Make one from some plywood? )
Re: Hook up cable storage
Zipper bags are about a fiver from GoOutdoors. Well worth it, easy to get the cable in and stops all the crap coming off the cable onto anything else as I cant be bothered cleaning/wiping 80ft of cable all the time.
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Re: Hook up cable storage
We use a cable bag too, for exactly the same reason - also it's somewhere to keep the continental adapter, the polarity reversing adapter, the polarity checker and the domestic 3 pin plug adapter because otherwise we can't find them when we need them!!briwy wrote:Zipper bags are about a fiver from GoOutdoors. Well worth it, easy to get the cable in and stops all the crap coming off the cable onto anything else as I cant be bothered cleaning/wiping 80ft of cable all the time.
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Re: Hook up cable storage
I like the bag idea best but I got one of these for free, so I am using that
http://www.towsure.com/product/Mains_Ex ... torage_Bag
http://www.towsure.com/product/Mains_Ex ... torage_Bag
Re: Hook up cable storage
As a temporary measure I got some of these, very easy to use and handy for all manner of things
http://www.rapstrap.com/
http://www.rapstrap.com/
Freda now gone, :-/ But nice wee Burstner obtained
http://www.gordonbickerton.co.uk
http://www.gordonbickerton.co.uk
Re: Hook up cable storage
Don't forget you need to unroll the cable when in use, coiled up it can overheat if running near capacity.
Re: Hook up cable storage
Yup, my better half learned the hard way while I was offshore, melted me extensionBob wrote:Don't forget you need to unroll the cable when in use, coiled up it can overheat if running near capacity.
Freda now gone, :-/ But nice wee Burstner obtained
http://www.gordonbickerton.co.uk
http://www.gordonbickerton.co.uk