Re: Supplier of CAT5 cable

[Nigel Orr <Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx>]

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At 23:01 07/09/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Where's the best place to purchase rj11/rj45 crimping/termination tools
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>what one should I purchase

The Krone one I mentioned for IDC terminations is available from any=20
industrial electronics sort of supplier, Maplin, Farnell, RS and the like,=
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also now from comfort.org.uk .  It's 'BT name' is '2A', it costs around=20
=A315.  I'm still not sure if it's the _right_ one for RJ45 sockets, but
I'=
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used it for them before without problems.

RJ45 Plugs are another matter, I've not terminated them, but they have a=20
crimp tool here which does them.  Typical crimp tools cost around =A350
-=20
=A3100, and if you have only a few to do, pliers might do the job=20
fine.  Plugs are a bit different from terminals, you usually just push the=
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wire in, and the plug consists of the 2 crimping faces, all the tool
does=20
is squeeze them together consistently.

Replace RJ45 with RJ11 above as necessary :-)

Nigel