http://www.d3data.net/Help/HowTo_WireCAT5.htm
the answer to yuri's question about how much to unravel is 1/2". On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 13:59, Wayne Rooney wrote: > >I got my crimping tool, rj45 crimp plugs and a flush box at DSE. > >I put the flush box at one end of the cable and an rj45 plug at the other > > end. > > >So why does it not work? > > > >What else can anyone think of. > > Hmmm... You've got an RJ45 on plug crimped on one end and a wall plate > socket on the other? > > What kind of cable did you use, solid or stranded? > > Patch and fly leads are normally made of stranded cable. Cat5 for > permanant wiring (the stuff in the 300 metre boxes) is solid cable. > > They have different RJ45 crimp connectors. The ends of the metallic > contacts that bite into the strands of the cable when you crimp it are > different - this on-line shop shows the differences > http://www.homestead.co.uk/amp45.htm. Dick Smiths only sell the connectors > for stranded cable. Last time I wanted some RJ45s for solid cable I had to > get them off a commercial supplier. > > Conversly, I don't know how well using stranded cable in a wall plate > socket is going to work either. > > Wayne
