Chuck(G)
25k Member
I replace ethernet UTP plugs so infrequently that I forget any shortcuts I use the next time that the job comes around. So this is a reminder to me, more than anything.
I've got some cable strung where the return (striped) wires are only faintly marked and the marking comes off if they're handled too much. So how to get the wires all bundled nicely so they go into the crimp connector easily. If you've never done this, you're in for an experience.
What I do: Strip the jacket off the cable for a distance of perhaps an inch and a half. Using a strip of painter's (masking will do) tape, lay the conductors out on the tape in the correct order (T568B or T568A, depending on what the connector on the other end indicates), leaving perhaps a half-inch extending over the far edge of the tape. Wrap the tape around the bundle so that the order is preserved. Trim the ends of the wires so that they're nice and even. Insert the cable, with tape still intact, into the connector and crimp. Release the jacket clamp and slide the jacket into the connector.
Anyone have any better methods?
I've got some cable strung where the return (striped) wires are only faintly marked and the marking comes off if they're handled too much. So how to get the wires all bundled nicely so they go into the crimp connector easily. If you've never done this, you're in for an experience.
What I do: Strip the jacket off the cable for a distance of perhaps an inch and a half. Using a strip of painter's (masking will do) tape, lay the conductors out on the tape in the correct order (T568B or T568A, depending on what the connector on the other end indicates), leaving perhaps a half-inch extending over the far edge of the tape. Wrap the tape around the bundle so that the order is preserved. Trim the ends of the wires so that they're nice and even. Insert the cable, with tape still intact, into the connector and crimp. Release the jacket clamp and slide the jacket into the connector.
Anyone have any better methods?