dan_m1les
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Registered: 8th May 06
Location: Burnham, Buckinghamshire
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I seem to gain more and more cables in my room all the time, and its a right old mess behind the units, as there is:
TV
Sky+
Xbox
PC
Surround Sound
Land Line
All along one wall in my room, and there seems to be about a mile of it! How have people kept it reasonable?
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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I've taped mine together then ran them flush with the back of the unit so you can't see a single one. There is special cable tidy stuff you can buy at a price, but sellotape does it fine.
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
Location: Glasgow
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dont use sellotape, will be murder to get back off when you need to move them
use cable ties
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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i have cable tied mine
every 4" or so
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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quote: Originally posted by Edd
dont use sellotape, will be murder to get back off when you need to move them
It so isn't. It's a damn sight easier pulling tape apart than having to go and get scissors to cut cable ties imo. Depends how overboard you go with the tape I suppose.
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VrsTurbo
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the selotape will dry out and go brittle with time so easy to rip off
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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I'll await the day then Been good for 6 months so far tho. Admittedly I would've done more of a pro job and probably looked into other methods if I wasn't such a lazy bastard
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
Location: Glasgow
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quote: Originally posted by loafofbrett
quote: Originally posted by Edd
dont use sellotape, will be murder to get back off when you need to move them
It so isn't. It's a damn sight easier pulling tape apart than having to go and get scissors to cut cable ties imo. Depends how overboard you go with the tape I suppose.
maybe we have dodgy tape?
see it frequently people using it then i go to cut it and remove and its all sticky and hard to get off
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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i use the little velcro cable wraps
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en&biw=1323&bih=803&q=velcro+cable+ties&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=aragTNPNDIeF4Qbl5_i3Dg&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQrQQwAA
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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this stuff's pretty good:
but yeah, cable ties or sellotape is fine. the tape goes dry after a while so isn't a problem to get off. only if you use duct tape.
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
Location: Marbella,Spain Drives: C63
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I use http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2m-Black-Cable-Tidy-Sock-Large-High-Quality-FREE-P-P-/120563535090?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c12258cf2
work a treat and do actually look tidy
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