"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:57:18 -0000, Gareth Magennis wrote:

You need the double twisting method on any cable longer than a couple of
metres or so.

Agreed.

This is how the noise boys do it. They wrap a lot of cables, some of
them 100's of metres of multicore which is a damn sight stiffer than B&W
mains cable.

I doubt that you mean that literally for hand coiling, it would be
too damn heavy! 50m of heavy star quad is too much and my hand isn't
big enough even with each loop taking 5' of cable... Multicore over
about 20m is figure of eighted on the ground or more likely wound
onto a drum.



Not coiling the multi by hand, but doing the same over/under twisty thing
whilst coiling it into its flightcase. Once this is done you can grab the
end and just run off with it down to FOH and the cable comes out perfectly
straight with not a twist or snag in sight.


Gareth.