On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
Carl Lowenstein wrote:
Consider the cost of having to trouble-shoot one or more hand-crimped
cables, and
rank that against the cost of premade cables.
1 in 10 premade cables I buy fail. I *never* have that high a failure rate
when I make the cables myself.
I dont know that 1 in 10 premade cables I buy fail, but I do know the odds of a
premade cable failing are higher than the zillions it seems ive made, when I am
done with the cable I KNOW its good, and I know its the length I want and not
"its close" or "just wrap up the extra" or whatever.
Nowadays, the first thing I do with new cables is plug them into a tester.
Given that testers are $40 at the low end, it's worth it for the time saved.
not only that but the high end testers work wonders, giving all kinds of
results, plus tracing ability so when working with a large bundle of cables you
only have to ID the ends not the entire run (assuming your good planning on your
runs)
however I agree do it in house whenever you can.
Richard Reynolds
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