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   On 2024-06-12,   wrote:   
   > Has anybody come up with an inexpensive way of organizing cables   
   > among groups of Raspberry Pi hosts? The problem tends to be power   
   > supplies. Most come with a fairly long cord and coiling it results   
   > in a sort of bird's nest. Shortening it might be possible for the   
   > older Pi's, but probably not for the later USB-C models. Stock   
   > length cables are better a foot long than an inch short, so in the   
   > end they're all at least a little too long.   
      
   A very simple habit to form is what I've always known as "BBC   
   method" although apparently roadies are familiar with it too: when   
   coiling a cable twist it a quarter turn for each loop of the cable -   
   in my experience simply twisting the cable induces a loop to form   
   by itself so work with that and adjust it to suit the rest of the   
   coil.   
      
   The simple act of coiling a cable induces a twist in it, which will   
   try to straighten itself out after you release it.  The quarter   
   turn compensates for that and means the cable lies straight in the   
   coil and lies flat once released.  Some cables work better than   
   others, in particular cables that have been abused in the past   
   (including in the packet!) may be less reluctant to co-operate.   
   A cable tie of some form may still be needed but eliminating the   
   inherent twist eliminates the structural tendency towards chaos.   
      
   --   
   Andrew Smallshaw   
   andrews@sdf.org   
      
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