wire source

[james accordino]

They also make shrink sleeve code bands.  The
Lectrican'ts use them at work all the time.  Probably
from any electrical supply house.  Military wiring
harnesses come in 1 color-black.  All circuits are
identified using these bands.

HTH
Jim Accordino

--- Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net> wrote:
> >   Does anyone know of a source that I can buy
> color coded wires.  Ie I
> > have to rework the trunk wiring, and I thought
> that I could get some
> > color coded wire, a direct replacement for what
> was there.  That would
> > make trouble shooting so much easier then it is if
> I used 10 black
> > wires, etc.
>
>
> When I was building the wiring harness for my 4ktq,
> I wanted to get as
> many different colors of wire that I could get my
> hands on.  I wasn't
> able to get 2-color wires like audi uses (eg green
> with red stripe) so
> instead I bought 10 different 100' spools of all
> different colors and
> then I used colored electrical tape to add a second
> color to the wire.
> I found that worked better than magic marker as it
> didn't stick to the
> wire very well when I tried it (smudged off too
> easily).
>
> I picked up the wire from a local industrial
> fastener place (The
> Fastener Warehouse in Portsmouth NH).
>
> Hope that helps
>
>
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