On 01/09/13 19:23, Lobster wrote:
...ie, one of those pass-through wind-up reels that you can readily obtain for mains cable extensions, TV coax, phone cables - in fact pretty much any form of cable except CAT5E as far as I can see!

Does anyone know of one? I currently have an intermittently used 10m patch cable which is quite useful for various jobs, and it would be convenient just to be able to quickly wind it up. Why can't I find one, even from a pikey Hong Kong ebay seller? Is the cable structure just not up to it?

Thanks
David

I'd have thought patch cable - stranded - would be OK. Why not make one?

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