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Go Back to School with CableOrganizer®
By CableOrganizer®Backpacks coming out of hibernation and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils in the air can only mean one thing: it’s back-to-school time. While it’s always a shame to see...
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Cable Management
The DIYer Guide to Organizing Your Gaming Cables
By CableOrganizer®Intense gamers need to be just as serious about gaming cable management. You’ve invested some significant funds in your equipment and it’s important to protect it. Yes, safeguard the system...
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Cable Management
Ordering Continuous Lengths or Segments of Wire Loom, Braided Sleeving, and Heat Shrink
By CableOrganizer®When ordering products like wire loom, braided sleeving and heat shrink tubing, the product’s length is specified per line item. Some general information is below about how to order each...
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Material,
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Wires & Cables
Facts on AWG
WHAT IS AMERICAN WIRE GAUGE? The American Wire Gauge (AWG), a wire-sizing standard also known as the Brown and Sharpe wire gauge, is used in North America to measure and...
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Wires & Cables
USB Cable FAQs
WHAT DOES "USB" STAND FOR? The acronym “USB” is short for the term Universal Serial Bus, a hardware interface that was developed so that peripheral devices like computer mice, keyboards,...
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Wires & Cables
Understanding USB Port Pinouts
Whether we’re connecting digital cameras to our PCs or sending print jobs from our computers to desktop printers, Universal Serial Bus technology has found its way into an incredible number...
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Wires & Cables
Productivity on the Go: Retractable Ethernet Cable
There was a time when a certain credit card was the thing you did not leave home without. Times have changed and these days, most don’t leave home without power...
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Wires & Cables
What's the Difference Between USB & FireWire?
They may both be serial buses that are used for device connection and data transfer, but USB and FireWire aren’t as similar as they appear at first glance. While the...
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Cable Management
Metal Cable Ties Breakdown
Cable ties are a great way to bundle cables or other things that need bundling. Many people are familiar with the ubiquitous nylon cable ties, but did you know there...
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Cable Management,
Home Décor,
Label Printing
Post-Holiday Organizing Tips
The holidays: they come at you fast, are over in a flash, and then leave you in need of some serious cleanup and organization. When the parties have ended, your...
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Cable Management
Creative New Ways To Use Cable Ties
Because of their name, it’s easy to think of cable ties as only being good for, well… tying cables. But it turns out that these self-locking plastic straps aren’t quite...
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Cable Management
Organizing Bedroom Cables: Transforming Clutter Nightmares into Sweet Dreams
Ever flipped through a magazine and sighed in despair, wondering to yourself why — no matter how hard you try — you can’t get your own bedroom to look quite...
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Cable & Hose Protection,
Cable Management,
Home Office,
Office Organization
Grommets, Bushings, Edgings... What Does It All Mean?
The terms "grommet" and "bushing" are open in terms of their meaning, and depending on their application, but typically both words refer to a piece of material — usually circular...
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Cable Management
4 Fast, Easy, and Affordable Ways to Hide and Protect Speaker Wire
Some people like listening to music. Other people need to feel like they're right in the studio. Some people like to watch movies from the comfort of their couch. Others...
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Cable Management,
Home Theaters
Cable Management Tips & Resources
Stop Drowning In A Sea of Messy Cables These days, we're all connected, and while more and more technologies are going wireless, there are still plenty of cables to go...
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Cable Management,
Home Office,
Office Organization,
Workplace Safety
Desk Cable Organizers
Whether at home or in the office, the computer desk is a prime place for cables and wires to get tangled, tripped on, eaten up by chair wheels, and the...
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Cable Management
Things to Consider When Choosing a Desk Grommet
Desk grommets are a great way to organize cables and route them through tabletops, desks or other furniture. They protect cables from abrasion by giving them a smooth surface to...
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Cable Management
Easy Ways to Hide Speaker Wire
Have you purchased a top-of-the-line sound system and are looking to take it to the next level? CableOrganizer® offers solutions to both protect and conceal your stereo or home theater...
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