How Do You Wrap a DMX, Audio, Power, or Other Stage Cabling?

[@kalborge6635]

FINALLY, it's such a standard staple no one thinks to make a video about it which makes it a strange entry barrier unless you know someone in the know

[@farmerbob339]

"OMG!!!!!!" "FINALLY!" a person that explains how to "wind" cable correctly and explains why, briefly, and it can be any kind of cable: Home Speaker Wire, Power Cords or leftover wire. He mentioned it's because of the way the wire "Bursts" into the World. In deeper detail it's because as the Copper or Aluminum strand comes out of the final or intermediary extrusion die it's still red hot and immediately wound onto a spool where it cools creating a curl. Not to mention in the Extrusion process as the billet, a large block of metal, is heated and extruded many times, it gets all kinds of twisted . . . and not as in "Sister". Then as further manufacturing processes continue, adding other wires to a bundle or Mesh Grounding around the outside then the rubber jacket, the cable is then put back on a spool with other things that have a curl and are probably warm. Thus the coil. You see it when you drop a spool of wire or solder.
I learned the hard way during tear down, Center Stage: "Led Zeppelin", as I started to wrap a mic cord around my arm. A giant "NO!" rang out from almost every corner of the stadium . . . and still echoes in my head every time I go to wind a cable.
"Kudos! my Friend!" 🥳
One additional tip: When I "tie" off my cables I use about enough of the tail end of the cable to circle the loop 1.5 times. Then I just gently wrap that around the coil making a "snake" like wrap around it and be sure to capture the loose connector. Then tuck the wrap connector into the bundle. If there isn't enough, shorter cable, I just weave it into a loop. Nice, clean, sturdy and it does not harm to the cable itself in anyway.

[@durkdeboer]

Best video ever 🎉