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[justonemore]

I'm sure all of us have a " Cocoon " of wires and switches laying behind our terminals. Sometime in the near future I need to get a handle on this. As it is now, my wife REFUSES to clean in my computer room. So when ready I'm sure I'll be hammering here for ideas and such!

 

[electron]

the idea of your wife cleaning a computer room is scary enough, don't want them to buff/polish your live cat5 jacks now do you I got a cheap leviton patch panel, that I still have to install (waiting for a cheap rack or I can't mount it), and I use phone punchdown blocks to connect stuff to my gameport. I just need to finish mounting all this stuff.

 

[dolphin]

Ugh I'd forgotten about the wires behind my tv. I guess I can add that to my "To Do" list...right behind cleaning out my closet.

 

[Skibum]

I am starting the process of making order of my wiring mess. I thought I would post a before picture (for reference ONLY! Do not try this at home!)

 

[electron]

that looks so familiar! I really have to start building a nice cabinet, just gotta get 4 rackmount rails, I am planning on putting wheels on the cabinet and lots of other goodies. Please share any tips you might have!

 

[Skibum]

After tossing around the idea of using a closet, I reversed course, and am now considering a set of shelves on casters. That way, when I want to access the back, I can move it for better access. BJ's Wholesale has a really nice set of chrome shelves that are extra heavy duty (Hold 350 lbs each) and have wheels, that I am considering using. ($69!)

 

[electron]

wow, do you have a picture of these shelves? (an ad or something, or model # will do). I will be able to move my cabinet around too, but I do like shelves.

 

[Joshua]

I recently cleaned my computer room, got a new desk too. It's alot better than it was before, but there are just so many wires

 

[Skibum]

Electron

I will be picking up these shelves probably tomorrow. I'll snap a pic.

The specs as I remembered them:

Height: 1 8ft, or 2 4 foot shelves. (I am going to cut the sides and make a 5 foot unit)
Width: 72 Inches
5 or 6 shelves, all hold 350 lbs
Wheels.

 

[Skibum]

OK

I ran up to the store at lunch, and picked up a unit. I was afriad that they night all get sold. Turns out that they were ALL still there.

The Shelves weigh 80 pounds! All nicely chromed.

The Width is 4 ft.
Capacity with when using wheels 283 lbs/shelf x 6 shelves. I'll snap a picture when I get them assembled.

 

[electron]

Cool, can't wait to see some pics

 

[justonemore]

Just saw the video feed of the shelves. Very sweet. I'm sure he'll snap a few stills for us as well. RIGHT SKI????? :unsure:

 

[zack]

I bought a grab bag of velcro ties from Radio Shack just to control the wire problem. Tie it every 6-8 inches and its somewhat tolerable.

 

[justonemore]

I thought about doing something like that, but I plug/unplug componets too often. BUT... might be good idea to at least roll up the excess then zip tie it! thanks

 

[Skibum]

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