I agree with the ratchet part - I think it's because the ratchet helps tell when you've crimped enough and not too much. They also seem to have a bit better leverage for some reason, although I have a feeling that that's not really true since I don't see how this would be the case.
I have done my fair share of terminations without a ratcheting tool. I will agree that good quality ends are more important. I also remember that finally realizing (years ago) that I could actually look at the wires in the connector before crimping to determine whether they were all the way in solved almost all of my problems.. Nowadays, I have far more problems with trimming the wires too long or too short. If I was an installer and did this every day I'd probably not have that problem. I've been tempted to move to the EZ rj45's which you push the wire all the way through and then the crimp tool cuts the ends off, but for as few as I personally do a year anymore I haven't been able to justify switching. On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:51 PM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > One of my installers says that if they don't ratchet, they're no good. > I've been using the cheap Monoprice crimpers without a problem. I think > good quality ends are more important. It's been a couple years since I've > bought ends though. (I bought a bunch) > > On 2/1/2021 3:38 PM, Carl Peterson wrote: > > What crimpers are connectors are en vogue these days. As tech-proof as > possible. We seem to go through phases where we end up with a lot of > ethernet cable related performance issues / service calls. > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 3:35 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would want more than that for that kind of price. >> >> I would want to be able to leave the connectors and cable in the room; >> walk out, and walk back in a few minutes later with the ends all crimped >> with heat shrink, and Velcro ties holding the new cables in a nice, neat >> loop. >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> On 2/1/2021 11:45 AM, Nate Burke wrote: >> >> Just came across these. For that price I better be able to just shove a >> bare Cat5 in one side, and have a heat shrinked end come out the other. Or >> is there something else super special about these crimpers. >> >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > > -- > > Carl Peterson > > *PORT NETWORKS* > > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > > Baltimore, MD 21202 > > (410) 637-3707 > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- - Forrest
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