On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Maurice Butler > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Most of the electrical wholesalers stock satelite, audio, network gear now >> days >> >> Maurice > > Even Bunnings stock the stuff!! > > DSE becomes the default because they are open in the weekends! >
Success on the first cable at last [1]. I am not sure which of the following changes produced a result: 1. decent crimper; 2. proper twirly thing to remove the outer insulation; 3. plugs definitely intended for single core cable; 4. confidence of having a continuity tester Now for the upstairs connection, which cable had an even harder time on the run! Thanks for all the advice and offers of tools, one of which i took up but won't mention names as he offered offlist [1] I used the continuity tester to establish that all except pin 6 were connected using the last incarnation of dse plugs and crimper. Having done that I was able to snip the ends off and establish with an ohmmeter test that the pair concerned were OK on a short and open test. That meant the termination was the problem. Using the new gear and plugs worked first time.
