Custom labels for electricians' vans and parts rooms

Custom Electrical Labels

A service van that is labeled restocks itself: you read the empty shelf instead of digging through it. Label your bins and shelves with the exact parts you carry, in bold text you can read from the van door.

Organize the van the way you work a call

Most electricians organize by job type. Device work needs Outlets, Switches, GFCI, Dimmers, Boxes and Covers together. Connection work needs Wire Nuts, Connectors, Terminals, Splices and Heat Shrink. Panel work needs Breakers, Lugs and Grounding. Labeling shelves by those groups means you grab one bin per task and the apprentice can restock without a list.

Keep low-voltage parts (Low Volt, Data, Coax) on a separate shelf with a different label color so they never get mixed into line-voltage stock. Cobalt Blue for line voltage and Heritage Black for low voltage is a common split. Put meters, testers, strippers and crimpers in their own labeled drawer near the door so the tools you carry to every call never end up buried under a box of connectors.

Mirror the van in the parts room

If you run more than one van or keep a stock room at the shop, label the parts room shelves with the same words, in the same order, as the van shelves. Restocking becomes a straight walk down two matching rows, and anyone on the crew can load a truck at 6am without a pick list. Labels are 34mm tall and up to 243mm wide, so they fit across a shelf lip or the face of a drawer cabinet, but not on the tiny compartments of a small parts organizer: label the organizer, not each cell.

Built for a moving vehicle

Van shelving systems are almost always steel, which suits our exposed N52 magnets. The magnets sit directly against the metal for maximum grip, so labels stay put on rough roads and through doors slamming all day. When you rebuild the shelving layout, pull the labels off and move them. Many van racks use aluminum components, so check with a magnet first.

For plastic parts organizers, aluminum racks and bin fronts, choose the 3M VHB adhesive backing in the builder. Be honest with yourself about heat: the labels are PLA, which softens around 55 to 60C. Shelving in the cargo area is usually fine, but a dashboard or the inside of a rear window in summer sun is not.

Electrical label sets

Ready-made sets of the words this trade labels most, grouped by where they go. Each set opens in the builder with every label in place; add, remove or retype any of them before you order.

• Device Shelf
• Conduit and Panel
• Splice and Terminate
• Tool Drawers
• Low Volt Shelf

Popular electrical label words

These are the words people in your line of work label most often. Every one fits our size limit and is one tap in the label builder. You can also type your own, up to 12 characters.

• Wire Nuts
• Connectors
• Terminals
• Heat Shrink
• Fuses
• Breakers
• Relays
• Boxes
• Covers
• Romex
• Conduit
• Fittings
• Straps
• Anchors
• Zip Ties
• Tape
• Testers
• Meters
• Strippers
• Crimpers
• Lugs
• Grounding
• Splices
• Outlets
• Switches
• GFCI
• Dimmers
• Low Volt
• Data
• Coax
• Fish Tape
• Bits

How ordering works

1. Pick your words. Tap suggestions, start from a pack, or type your own. Set a quantity for each label.
2. Choose color and font. Workshop Red, Heritage Black or Cobalt Blue, with a live preview measured to the millimeter.
3. We print and ship. Each set is 3D-printed to order in Oregon and ships in 3 to 5 business days, free in the US.

Labels for other trades

• HVAC labelsService van shelving and bins for capacitors, contactors, refrigerant parts, filters and controls. Grab it on the first try.
• Plumbing labelsFitting bins, valve drawers and the truck. Tell PEX from CPVC from across the van.
• Data Center labelsRack doors, spares cabinets and cable bins. Bold labels you can read down a cold aisle.
• Ready-made label packsSix themed packs for tool chests, from $19.99.