id think water in the port would be the concern
On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 9:42 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
> My issue with them, real or imagined was that they would let water into
> the ends. I didn't want to gamble, as we have enough issues with water
> getting into things.
>
> Honestly, once I got the process down, good quality ice cubes were a snap.
>
>
> bp
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>
> On 2/1/2021 7:22 PM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote:
>
> I always imagined that the bloody ends of the wires would corrode.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 1, 2021, at 7:49 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> I tried switching to the EZ connectors a few times... I honestly don't
> like them. It always seemed to me like they caused more problems than they
> solved.
>
> On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 8:09 PM Jason McKemie <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I stopped using them years ago since I always had issues getting the
>> connectors to properly snap into Canopy SMs, plus after you terminate
>> enough of them it really isn't any easier. I'm still using the crimpers
>> about 15 years later though.
>>
>> On Monday, February 1, 2021, SmarterBroadband <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> We have been using EZ Crimps for 10 plus years now, would not think of
>>> using anything else.
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Christian (List Account)
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>>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Expensive Cambium parts
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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.
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