RE: Supplier of CAT5 cable

[Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>]

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MAPLIN

PZ18U	HD RJ45 Crimp Tool 	£37-49 (cat p135)
JW49D	6C6P crimp tool		£7-29 (cat p134)
JW50E	4C6P crimp tool		£6-29 (cat p134)
JW51F	4C4P crimp tool		£6-29 (cat p134)
JW52G	8C8P crimp tool		£17-49 (cat p134) looks like its OK for RJ45....
text
says
"for FCC68 type connectors which are used on computers and american
telephones"

Hope that helps

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Orr [mailto:Nigel.Orr@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 September 2000 09:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Supplier of CAT5 cable
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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 and
> >what one should I purchase
>
> The Krone one I mentioned for IDC terminations is available from any
> industrial electronics sort of supplier, Maplin, Farnell, RS
> and the like,
> also now from comfort.org.uk .  It's 'BT name' is '2A', it
> costs around
> £15.  I'm still not sure if it's the _right_ one for RJ45
> sockets, but I've
> used it for them before without problems.
>
> RJ45 Plugs are another matter, I've not terminated them, but
> they have a
> crimp tool here which does them.  Typical crimp tools cost
> around £50 -
> £100, and if you have only a few to do, pliers might do the job
> fine.  Plugs are a bit different from terminals, you usually
> just push the
> wire in, and the plug consists of the 2 crimping faces, all
> the tool does
> is squeeze them together consistently.
>
> Replace RJ45 with RJ11 above as necessary :-)
>
> Nigel
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