[Tfug] Labeling components

[Terence Rudkin]

I use cabling labels.  Eigth inch tape numbered 0-9 in a dispenser.   Pull
off and give each item an unique number.   The one I have had I think will
stick to water, well not quite but stays on anything I have put it on.
Save three digit numbers for small items, one and two digit for even
smaller.    Has worked well for these old eyes.  Only problem is you have to
have access to the notebook  or db to really know what it is .

TR

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got a random assortment of "stuph" that I draw
> on to build/repair machines.  Most things are large
> enough that I can label them without fear of the label
> falling off or being so *tiny* that it is unreadable
> (i.e., "old eyes").
>
> But, memory just defies any attempt I've made at coming
> up with a reliable way of tagging!
>
> Self adhesive labels fall off pretty quickly. Apparently
> the chips are coated with teflon  :-(
>
> *Gluing* labels on (with anything short of cyanoacrylate)
> yields similar results.
>
> Attempting to *add* something (in ink) onto any existing
> (pseudo-paper) labels that are already *delightfully*
> affixed to the device either means obfuscating the
> information already on that label *or* you discover the
> label itself is made of teflon!  :-(
>
> The only reliable way, thus far, has been to put similar
> devices into sandwich bags accompanied by a simple sheet
> of paper that serves to identify *all* of the devices
> within.  But, then you end up with a bunch of little
> bags (some of which could have just *one* device therein!)
>
> I have, from time to time, seen "white pen" (no better
> way to describe it) written on some devices.  Almost as
> if this was a white "Sharpie".  That seems a win as you
> could choose to deface *one* of the chips on the memory
> module and still have the other (identical) chips
> unmarred so you could read their markings, if needed.
>
> Any idea what sort of "pen" this is?  Or, any other
> ideas as to how to tag the devices reliably?
>
> Thanks!
> --don
>
>
>
>
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