Thinner tape should fix that, they make it though I don't know where to get
it. you can get thin tape though and the dots can be crushed a bit easier
but it works and really it still takes a good bit to do it. that thick tape
some times will unravel itself, and does have a mind of it's own some times.
----- Original Message -----
From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: labeling power suplies
> Howard:
>
> For what it's worth, I have put the necessary labels on the side of the
> Wallwart, and the heat doesn't seem to be affecting them.
>
> I get my dymo tape at Staples, and pay a bit more for it, but it seems to
> hold up pretty well.
>
> Now, one problem I do have, though, is that when labeling antenna coax
> feedlines in the shack, the tape often seems to split after a while where
> it is wrapped around the coax cable, so if anyone has a solution to that
> one, I'd appreciate it too.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 9:36 AM
> Subject: labeling power suplies
>
>
>>A while ago we were discussing ways of keeping wallworts straight. At the
>> time I thought, just use dimo tape, and put labels on each supply. Well
>> I
>> spent about an hour and a half putting labels on at least seven of the
>> little buggers. Now I find that the heat generated inside the supplies,
>> has
>> loosened the adhesive, and my labels are somewhere around here on the
>> floor.
>> Anybody got a better idea? Let's see,
>> supplies for the Icom at-90, Braille note, gps rx, computer cable modem,
>> phone line modem, cable amplifier, computer speakers, tape backup drive,
>> scanner, printer, aph recorder, cell phone, tw1 talking watt meter,
>> amplified FM antenna, portable CD player, not to mention the drawer full
>> of
>> wallworts, that have no obvious use at the present time. I'd also like
>> to
>> mark the big supplies with the accompanying radio, and recommended
>> amperage
>> of fuses.
>>
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