TWT -- The Wrenching Thread

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I do a bunch of electrical wiring on the builds in my shop. One of my pet peeves is getting a vehicle in with none of the add on wiring, there is generally a good bit, not labeled at all. Tracing wires either to or from taps into OEM wiring with no clue what it is.

With that in mind I have employed a Brother P Touch label maker for close to 30 years now. For the wires I generally make a "flag" type label that wraps around the wire with whatever the circuit is written on one side. I use Bussman boxes with 10 fuses and 5 relays. What those circuits are are all flat labeled on the underside of the cover for the box.

I just discovered heat shrink tubing in several sizes that work with the P touch. It is also available in many colors with multiple color fonts as well. Print it out, slide it over the wire before you install a terminal end and shrink it on. Great stuff. I am sure some of you already know about this, I am late to the game.

https://www.benzworld.org/attachments/heat-shrink-on-wires-1-jpg.2990091/
https://www.benzworld.org/attachments/heat-shrink-on-wires-2-jpg.2990092/
I’ve seen some of these labels on builds posted on mud. Thanks for the description as I’m too simple to have figured this out on my own other than using flag type labels via my label maker. This makes it nice and neat for sure.
 
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