RE: Wiring up a patch panel

[Keith Doxey]

Hi James,

Never come across sockets like that before.

Can you post a link to a picture of the sockets so that we might offer
suggestions.

It's possible thet there is a special assembly tool required and these are
ofter prohibitively expensive for domestic/hobbyist use.

At work I used to have to terminate 25 pair cables onto 50 Way Amphenol
connectors and there was a jig whereby you fanned the cable out into some
plastic fingers that held the wire, placed the body of the connector in the
holder and then swung the large handle from one side to the other
terminating all 50 wires in one go. That tool was several hundred pounds
:-(

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


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> Subject: [KAT5] Wiring up a patch panel
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>
> I now have my patch panel and Cat5 cabling. I am trying to wire up
> the cables to the cat5 socket modules on the IBM patch panel. It is
> not as easy as I thought!! Here is how I am doing it.
>
> Strip off the sheath to of the cat5 cable.
> Split the wires.
> The module is in 2 parts a top plastic part where I lay the cables
> into the colour coded slots, and the bottom part which has the metal
> parts the individual wires are pushed into and contact made, and the
> main socket.
> The problem I am having is pushing down the top part onto the bottom.
> I have managed to finish 1, but by checking with a continuity tester,
> one of the wires has not been seated properly. I cannot pull apart
> the 2 to remedy this! I am having to use serious force in pushing the
> top part onto the bottom.
>
> Does anyone know of any tricks to doing this?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> James
>