[Foster]

We use cable number strips, works the same way Al's colors do. #1 is the right front drive motor. All of the cables associated with that motor have a #1 on them. Label the motor, the cable end going into the Jag, Jaguar, cable from the Jag to the PDU, and the power cable at the PDU end. Don't forget both ends of the PWM or CAN control cable. One last sticker on the fuse/breaker so you can tell if it's there or not.

Packs of the number strips can be found at your local hardware store. Lowe's has both numbers and letters. So you could get fancy and do 1-10 for motor connections and A-Z for pneumatics.

Advantages to Al's colors are that you can see at a glance what the colors are. We use #10 wire so in most cases the numbers can be seen. For PWM cables we make a little flag (wrap the strip around the wire, but stick the number tape to itself) to make it easier.

Advantages to the numbers are they are easier to add to the wiring sheet. And you don't need to worry about color blind team members.

In any case you can never have too much labeling on the robot.