Pro tip: Using painter's tape to label zones saved my bacon

I got tired of chasing down which wire goes where every time I had a service call on a system I didn't install. So last week on a job over in Clifton, I started labeling each wire with a strip of blue painter's tape and a sharpie right at the panel. Turned a 45 minute troubleshooting mess into a 10 minute swap. Has anyone else found a simple trick like that that cuts down the headache on service work?

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oliver_torres420d ago

Did you just use the tape directly on the wires or did you wrap it around the sheath for the label?

umamurphy20d ago

Oh man, that is a game changer right there! I started doing the same thing after one nightmare job where I spent an hour tracing a single wire because someone had wrapped it in electrical tape and it was impossible to read. Now I use bright green painter's tape, it stands out way better against the dark wires. I wrap it around the sheath just below where the wire goes into the connector, so the label stays clean and doesn't get covered up by zip ties or anything. The sharpie doesn't bleed through either, which is huge because I hate when the letters get all smudged and you're left guessing. Honestly, it's such a small thing but it makes me look like a hero every time I come back to one of my own jobs.