# Cables

what is what and what it does and where it goes

# Color codes and associated lengths

For XLR, Video and Network cables

# The Code

### For all XLRs, Video, and Network cables

1'-3': <span style="background-color: rgb(13, 53, 8); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Green</span>

5': <span style="background-color: rgb(171, 115, 20); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Orange</span>

10': <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">White</span>

15': <span style="background-color: rgb(132, 63, 161); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Purple</span>

25': <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 196, 15); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yellow</span>

30'-35': <span style="background-color: rgb(53, 152, 219); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Blue</span>

50': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>

75': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>+<span style="background-color: rgb(171, 115, 20); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Orange</span>

100': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>+<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">White</span>

150': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>+<span style="background-color: rgb(132, 63, 161); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Purple</span>

200': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>+<span style="background-color: rgb(241, 196, 15); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yellow</span>

250': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>+<span style="background-color: rgb(53, 152, 219); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Blue</span>

300+': <span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>+<span style="background-color: rgb(224, 62, 45); color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Red</span>

# How To Wrap Cables

The right way

# Over-Under

The primary way to wrap cables, or cable-adjacent objects.

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# Figure 8

Used for thick cables and active feeder cable.

Go to 1:27

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