Metallics CT1HID 4 Cbl Tie Horizontal ID USA Ny

A 4 inch nylon tie is a small-bundle tie. The usable loop is well under the 4 inch overall length once it wraps the head, so it suits a few conductors together, a single MC cable to a support, or tagging an individual circuit inside a panel. For a thick bundle of THHN in a wireway or multiple cables in a tray, step up to a longer tie length. The CT1HID is intended for identification on small bundles, not for cinching heavy multi-cable runs.

The CT1HID is a nylon cable tie with a horizontal identification pad, a flat writable area molded into the tie so you can mark circuit, panel or drop numbers directly on the bundle. The pad runs horizontally, meaning the label reads along the length of the cable run rather than across it, which is what you want when the tie is viewed from the side in a tray or a panel gutter. It is a 4 inch length nylon tie and it is made in the USA. Order it by Metallics part number CT1HID.

It depends on how the bundle is viewed. The CT1HID carries a horizontal ID pad, so the writing surface runs along the cable axis and reads cleanly when you are looking at the side of a bundle, which is the usual case for ties in a cable tray, a wireway or a panel gutter. A vertical ID pad reads better when conductors come straight at you, such as a bundle terminating face-on into a terminal block. For most branch circuit identification work in a loadcenter or distribution panel, the horizontal pad is the one electricians reach for.

The CT1HID is a nylon tie. Standard natural nylon ties are intended for indoor and protected applications; prolonged sunlight degrades them. For exterior runs, rooftop conduit supports or anywhere exposed to UV, specify a black UV-stabilized weather-resistant tie instead. Indoors, in panels, trays, wireways, ceilings and equipment rooms, the nylon CT1HID is the normal choice.

You mark it yourself. The ID pad is a blank flat surface molded into the tie, written on with a fine permanent marker or an indelible pen on site. Nothing is preprinted and no label stock is included, so plan on a marker in the kit. If you need machine-printed legends, a printable label-type tie or a wraparound printed marker system is the different product to look at.

Yes. The CT1HID nylon identification tie is USA made, which is the detail that matters on federal, state and municipal work where domestic-preference language appears in the contract. Order it under Metallics part number CT1HID.

No tool is required to install it. The CT1HID is a standard one-piece nylon tie with an integral pawl in the head, so you thread the tail, pull it hand tight around the bundle and cut the excess tail flush with side cutters or a tie tensioning tool. A flush cut matters on ID ties in panels, since a sharp protruding tail is the thing that cuts an installer's hand reaching into a gutter later.

It is one part number, CT1HID, with no finish, color or size choices to specify. That makes it simple to standardize on for an MRO crib or a facility stockroom doing repeat circuit identification work, since there is only one item to reorder.