Re: Cat-6 Installation Advice

["BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry about the misspellings - too much wine at dinner.  For labeling
anything but a black cable I use a Sharpie in at least two places. Never
fails me. If the cable is black I use a write-on label that wraps around
with a clear cover.

From:Robert Green
ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx

> "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> The EZ crimps are indeed to RJ45's what Snap 'n Seals are to coax.
>> Try a pack and see for your self. You don't have to buy the tool
>> until you're sure. Your standard tool will be fine but you'll just
>> have to snip the ends off with nippers - takes all of 2 seconds.
>> Testing is the same for any patch cable. If your just doing this for
>> your home and not for a living, any 8LED tester will do th job.
>
> That's what I thought.  I already have a Fox & hound tracer.
>
>> They're on ebay for uunder $20.
>> If you want the deal of the century, buy this kit for $80:
>>  http://www.mpja.com/productview.asp?product=15043+TL
>>  Although I have a full set of professional installation tools I keep
>> one of these kits at my second home and another in the trunk of my
>> car "just in case."
>
> Yes, that's a nice kit.  I'll see what EBay has to offer, though.  I
> already have duplicates of many items in the kit.  I probably don't
> need triplicates until I own more houses!
>
>> The Worthington price for the EZ RJ$% kit seems OK. Check this place
>> and ebay too:
>>  http://www.cmh.net/catalog/Telecom_ModularPlugs.html
>>
>> As for staples, I don'r use the insulated ones because they're
>> unsightly. I have NEVER had a staple cut the cable during
>> installation or anytime thereafter except of course when I've
>> stapled through the cable. So, to answer your question, I'd stick
>> with the Powerfast metal staples and perfect my technique on some
>> scrap wire rather than go the insulated route. That being said,
>> there's certainly nothing wrong in using insulated.
>
> I suspect that cable penetration is more of a problem in the regular
> sort of cable staple where it's the jacket that actually stops the
> staple.  As you've noted, the Powerfast staple shape pretty much
> insures that heel of the staple will be stopped by the wooden
> surface, not the cable jacket.
>
> I went the insulated route because where I worked we had issues with
> net cables being squashed by normal cable stables.  Took an expensive
> TDR and expensive techs to find the bad spot.  It looks to me like
> Powerfast staples allow less-skilled operators to perform
> professional looking work, so I am all for that, since I am, without
> any doubt, a less-skilled operator.  :-)
>
>> As for push 'n seal or snap 'n seal connectors, I love those things.
>> I let what I'm connecting to guide me on what connector to use but
>> generally I use the F connectors for video and adapters to BNC or
>> RCA if needed (like for CCTV cams).  I use rightangle adapters all
>> the time. They only add about 1db of loss and no leakage.
>
> Good.  I've been going nuts over which connectors to choose.  I'm
> partial to the new universal system that F-Conns has:
>
> http://www.icmcorp.net/F-ConnCommSeries.htm
>
> if only because it allows the use of different colored inserts on each
> cable.  I can get the same effect with colored shrink tubing but the
> inserts look a lot neater.  It's probably a good time to ask what you
> use as a labeling system for your cables.  For multiple runs of RG59
> coming through the same conduit I've just been using white cable and
> some crayola crayons to mark it as I pull it out of the box.  It's
> not very pretty but it's effective.  No labels I've used seem able to
> stick to the cable although they seem to stick well enough to slide
> off and jam if you've got to pull a labeled cable out of a conduit.
> I've never had the crayola stripe bunch up or peel off.
>
>> Here's a page link to the horeshoe connectors:
>>  http://tinyurl.com/c6szx or
>>
> http://www.pimfg.com/local_cat_a.asp?main_type=18&master_desc=Networking&sub
> _type=1&secondary_desc=Horse%2DShoe+Type+Keystone+Jack
>
> Mama Mia I hate search engines!  I tried "RJ45" but not "CAT6" and I
> tried "horseshoe" but not "horse-shoe"  (although I now see that
> you've spelt it "hore" shoe <!> ) and they've spelt "keystone" jack
> as "kestone" jack. Phew! Thanks for the Tiny URL!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Bobby G.