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Hey All,

I bought a Startech server rack that has a top punchout panel for cable management. Unfortunately it's just raw metal around the edges and I don't want to damage the cables I pull through there so I was looking for a brush grommel like the one I have linked in this post. The one I found isn't for the rack I have but it's an example of what I'm looking for. I've seen a lot of horizontal, 1U panels to put in but I'm specifically looking for something to go around an already existing hole, vertically, in the top of the rack.

Does anyone know of any universal kits I could get? Something I could cut to length?

Or do you have different solutions for how you protect your cables like I need? I was thinking a real hack solution could be to just wrap some dead cable in electrical tape and tape it around the edge of the punchout hole but I wanted to see if there was a more official grommel solution of some kind.

Thanks!

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[โ€“] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Not brush, but flexible gromit strips will do the edge protection bit.

Then, dunno, postbox / door draught excluder brushes?

[โ€“] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 2 days ago

I'd just use rubber tape around the lip. Once the cables are in place they don't move, so it's really temporary while pulling new cable