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Child Safety,
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,
Product Standards & Material Safety
Materials Spotlight: The Properties of Nylon 12
Even though it isn’t as widely used as Nylon 6-6, the semi-crystalline polyamide known as Nylon 12, Polyamide 12 and PA 12, has physical properties that make it an exceptional...
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Security & Surveillance
What is CCTV and How is it Used?
Closed circuit TV system, otherwise known as CCTV, is a type of video monitoring system that has been around since the 1940s. It was first used by Siemens AG to...
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Material,
Product Standards & Material Safety
The Facts on Polypropylene
WHAT IS POLYPROPYLENE? Polypropylene is an incredibly versatile thermoplastic polymer. Though many chemists began experimenting with it dating to the early 1870s, after chemists J. Paul Hogan and Robert L....
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Fiber Optics
Fiber Optic Cable Jackets and What They Identify
Fiber optic cable jacket colors can make it fast and simple to recognize exactly which type of cable you are dealing with. For example, the color yellow clearly identifies a...
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Home Décor
5 Things That Home Design Shows Don't Always Tell You
It's no mystery why we're obsessed with home design and renovations — just look at the shows we watch. If our TVs aren't set to one home design channel, then...
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Cable & Hose Protection,
Heatshrink
Heat Shrink History
Modern electric multi-purpose heat guns have now pretty much replaced the seemingly old-fashioned paraffin and bottled gas blow lamps and torches. In the good old days, their uses were limited...
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Cable Management,
Heatshrink
How Do I Use Heat Shrink Tubing?
Heat shrink tubing can do many things. Not only does it provide your cables with protection against abrasion, chemicals and weather, it's also great for bundling, color-coding and strain relief....
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Electrical Safety,
Office Organization,
Wires & Cables
Current Connection: Protect Your Computer & Keep the Juice Flowing with Advanced Surge Protectors, Suppressors, & UPS
Your wireless desktop, laptop, or peripheral devices might be capable of holding a strong charge, but sooner or later, you'll have to plug it in...
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Storm Preparation
Storm Safety Checklist: The Essentials You Need to Weather the Storm
In support of National Preparedness Month (September) — and every day of the year for that matter — CableOrganizer® is raising awareness in this article about the importance of disaster...
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Tools,
Workplace Safety
What Makes a Hand Tool Ergonomic?
Drop into any hardware store or home improvement center and you’re likely to find aisles of tools that are labeled “ergonomic.” But what does that mean for you? Simply put,...
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Tools
Tool Box Essentials for Home DIY Projects
It doesn’t matter where you live and whether you rent or own the property. If you have four walls and a roof to call home, sooner or later there’s going...
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Tools
The DIY Dirty Dozen: 12 Tools That Everyone Needs
Everyone wants to say that they've tackled unthinkable DIY jobs with their bare hands, but the fact is, hands alone aren't enough: you need tools. The question is: which ones?...
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Tools
Hole Saw FAQs
Whether you're into case modding or need to make lockset cutouts in new doors, hole saws are the perfect tools to have on hand for cutting clean, symmetrical, circular holes...
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Tools
Heat Guns & Their Uses
Modern electric multi-purpose heat guns have now pretty much replaced the seemingly old-fashioned paraffin and bottled gas blow lamps and torches. In the good old days, their uses were limited...
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Label Printing
Thermal Transfer Label Printers & How They Work
WHAT'S A THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER? A thermal transfer printer is a type of printer that creates labels and signs by melting wax or resin-based “ink” onto paper, tape (made of...
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