LOL Not worth it for a $2.00 item. grin
I really wanted some all-thread for this but couldn't find the right size. I figured that would hold on the other cat5 better. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert West" <[email protected]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have > Sounds like a sales opportunity, Marlon.......... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 10:36 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have > > At a welding shop. I took a hunk of cat5 cable in and found a welding rod > that JUST fit inside it. (pull the outer insulation out .5" or so) > > I had to grind a point on both ends and also "rough" up the wire so that > it > would "stick" inside the cable better. Took a few tries to get right but > now that I have it nailed down it's soooooo cool. I don't have to drill a > bigger hole. I don't have to fight with the drill flutes to find the hole > in the end of the drill bit. It doesn't take two people (one to pull the > other to feed the wire) etc. > > I've also got an 18" one that works great in trailer house floors. Drill > the hole in the floor, poke the rod/wire through the insulation below, go > down, find the rod, wiggle it a bit to enlarge the hole, pull the cat 5 > down > > and off you go. > > laters, > marlon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark McElvy" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 7:19 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have > > >> Where do you get or call those 1ft long wires? >> >> Mark McElvy >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer >> Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 9:09 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have >> >> Travis, >> >> If you'll go through $200 per month in connectors these will save you at >> least $500 in labor. >> >> It takes less than half the time to make a connection and they are NEVER >> wrong. These and the Times LMR400 stripper have been some of the best >> tools I've ever purchased. >> >> Those and a 1' long "wire" that slips just inside a cat5 cable so that >> it can easily be pushed through a wall without getting hung up on the >> insulation etc. >> >> Laters, >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Travis Johnson >> To: WISPA General List >> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:00 PM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Gotta Have >> >> >> These do look great... and I would love to buy them for my >> installers... but $.50 per connector compared to what I pay now would >> cost me an extra $200 per month just in connectors. :( >> >> Travis >> Microserv >> >> Mike wrote: >> They DO sell shielded. Part PLT-100020-050 >> Look further down the list at: www.ezrj45.com >> >> >> At 11:13 AM 10/18/2009, you wrote: >> Yeah, those are awesome. I wish they had shielded connectors as well. >> >> marlon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike" <[email protected]> >> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 7:01 AM >> Subject: [WISPA] Gotta Have >> >> >> I have learned a lot from this list. I think there is some real >> talent lurking here. We all have discovered certain things which >> just make life as a WISP easier. I think it would be beneficial to >> list participants in general if there was a thread which contained a >> description and use of something you find invaluable -- hardware, >> software etc ... you would like to share with the group. >> >> I'll start: >> >> what: EZRJ-45 connector system >> where: www.ezrj45.com >> why: As my eyes get older, and especially in low light situations, I >> find it very difficult to get all those individual conductors on a >> CAT5 run in the right order while crimping an end. This is a quite >> ingenious system. The plugs have holes all the way through. You can >> verify the color code easily BEFORE crimping and cutting the >> tags. It takes a special crimp tool which has a pair of blades that >> cut the tags as it crimps the connector in place. Maybe not a time >> saver in my case, but definitely a GRIEF saver. I've not miswired an >> Ethernet plug since I started using this system. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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