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Coiling the wire, even if you don't leave it on the floor, can result in poorer cable performance - by coiling it, you've actually made an inductor.

From what I've read, the best way to store extra cable is to either snake it back-and-forth in little Ss, or if you must coil it, do so in a loose figure eight pattern.

A search here will turn up more thoughts.


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