How to organise your cables in seconds

If the back of your computer desk or TV cabinet looks like a terrifying pit of snakes, you're not alone. 

Not only can cluttered cables make getting one single cord out of the jumble a nightmare, they can pose a fire hazard. 

With a couple of foldback clips (sometimes referred to as bulldog clips) you can clean up the tangle in a couple of seconds. 

Attach a foldback clip to a desk or table and fold the handle up and thread a cable or cables through, as shown in the picture below.
 

Now simply move the cable or cables down to the narrow end of the handle and fold it back down into place. 

The cable or cables will be held in place and the narrow opening should prevent them from falling out. You can even put some masking tape on the foldback clip to label the cords it is holding. 

With the addition of a drawing pin or nail, you can use foldback clips to keep cables bundled together over distances. 

 

Do you have any other tips or tricks for keeping cables organised? 

4 comments

Very clever Ryan.

Brilliant idea Ryan

I keep my cables on a couple of cuphooks at the back of the PC desk and the cables are colour coded at both ends.

But will definitely be adding the foldback clips to the cuphooks as at present when pulling out the desk the cables slip off the cuphooks.

I have a 'ups' system, from which comes all the computer, printer and sound power systems. Then of course I have the out puts from th computer its self. Snakes is one word to discribe it, the other would be a hedgehog's nest. So all are brought together in two looms with garden ties and attached to the table that has the computer screen printer mouse keyboard external storage and anything else that technology has to offer. All together and easily unpluged individually and replaced as necessary.

 

 

Spiral pvc cable tidies are very helpful for looming cables together and unlike other methods, allow cables to be added or removed easily.

To use, the spiral tidy is simply wound around the cables regardless of how thick or thin the loom is.

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