On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 21:00:01 -0500 Alan Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I highly recomment spending the money on a punchdown tool.
...
> The tool usually comes with a reversable blade (?) that allows you to
> pass through or
> terminate a wire on a block.
> Mine is made by Ideal - your area may have other brands.
Ideal is what is carried by home depot. i had a bizarre time when i bought
mine; i went through three in a row from the one home depot store, in all
cases the plastic catch for the spare blade in the handle broke, trapping
the spare blade. i went to a different home depot and got one, and it's
been fine. all the ones at the first home depot must have come from the
same bad manufacturing run, i guess.
note also that there's a common older type of phone punch down called a 66,
you can get 66 blades that interchange with the 110 blades in the Ideal
tool (actually, i think the blades are interchangable between most decent
grades of tool, although i've never tried it. they do look the same,
though.) the 66 will be for old phone lines only, i've never seen ethernet
wiring that uses it, and new phone installs by the local phone company will
be 110 block stuff, unless it's an older technician who has a bunch of 66
stuff squirrelled away because he likes it better.
richard
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