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I see so many people using zip ties wrong on cable management
Was helping a buddy fix his desk setup last week and he had zip ties cranked so tight they were digging into his monitor cables. If you pull them too tight you're putting stress on the wire and it'll fail after a few months of heat cycling from your PC. Anyone else just leave a little slack in theirs or am I the odd one out?
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park.tara1d ago
Cranking zip ties tight is actually the whole point though. If there's any slack, things shift around and you get that annoying sag or loose loop that catches on stuff. Monitor cables especially sit still 99% of the time so the stress argument is overblown. Proper zip tie tension makes a setup look clean and professional instead of a half-done mess.
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jenniferwells1d ago
Did I read somewhere that overtightening can actually crack the plastic housing on some connectors over time? @park.tara I get wanting it clean, but I've heard of folks snapping off those little tabs on monitor ports from going too tight.
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