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Comment Re:Mine (Score 1) 110

I have 8 PCs running on a network in my home office/lab. I hate wires hanging about so I manage my cables in a couple of ways.

For wires that are visible from the front of the desk I use wire loom that can be found in the automotive department of any big retail store (Wal-Mart). It comes in many sizes I would get 3 different sizes 32mm - 10mm. I also use colored zip ties vs the white ones, the color ties let me manage my runs so I know where a group of bundled cables end up. The black ties also are not visible on the loom material. The wire loom comes in several sizes. The loom size of my choice is 32 mm as it will hold both power cords (PC & Monitor), mouse, keyboard, monitor and speaker wires. It is cheap and it helps to keep wires neat. I am able to cram the extra speaker wire inside the loom in long loops so there is no bundle of wires hanging off the desk or out of the loom. There are also "T" splitters that help manage the off shoot runs (splitting left and right speakers).

My network runs are not in a loom they are zip tied about every 200 mm or so and fastened to the wall with screws near the floor with little "H" shaped blocks that were made for the job. I picked them up at a shop that sold networking & electrical equipment. The "H" shaped blocks are also great for managing keyboard mouse cables under the desk as I don't tighten the zip tie in the block and the cords slide freely through the ties and keep the cables from getting tangled in my feet.

I hope this helps.

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