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Cable Length Identification

In the Kehr Union Building, all cables are wrapped with colored electrical tape to create a visual indication of length.​ Figure 1. shows the colors and the lengths that they indicate.

Image of cable color lengths.
Figure 1. Cable color guide.

If cables have more than one colored tape length inidcator, then the length of the cable is the sum (e.g. 50ft + 25ft = 75ft) of the two length that the colors represent (Figure 2).

Image of 75ft cable color indicator.
Figure 2. 75ft cable color indicator.