On Mar 24, 11:52*am, "Karl Townsend"
wrote:
I'm rewiring my tractor. See thread below. While I'm here, I'm taking an
extra couple hours and putting wire number labels on each end of each wire.
Plus writing down the apparent function while rewiring to include fuses.
(the tractor had one fuse stock)

Anyway, the wire labels are semi exposed. Most of them will be gone in 5 or
more years when I got trouble again. Anybody heard of a clear coat that
would seal these and hold them on? Other ideas?

Karl

What sort of labels? We used to use some cloth-based ones that stuck
pretty well, any electrical supply will have them, but they do cost a
bunch. I tried the Brother P-Touch on car wiring, the stuff
delaminated after about a year in the engine compartment. The
adhesive was still good, though.

I've also used little plastic tags that attach with tie-wraps, you
mark on them with a Sharpie. They work fine until you have to run a
bunch of wires into a tight spot.

The best idea I've seen is the thermal marker, melts the numbers/
letters into the wire jacket. Then there's the VW way, use various
insulation colors and stripe combinations with a matching wire diagram
which is also marked with the actual wire size. Unless everything is
totally black and grungy, you can usually puzzle out what goes to
where with that system. Terminals on the various switches have
numbers that match the diagrams, too.

Stan