![]() ![]() ![]() Once you've verified that all eight wires are fully inserted (all come to end 'just behind the glass'), and that the cable jacket (or sheath) protrudes into the connector beyond the crimp wedge, complete the job with the crimping tool. At this point, you can take out some insurance against a missed wire by looking at the connector end-on: you should see eight bright copper wire ends, all lined up, and all at about the same depth behind the (typically) transparent material of the connector itself. The cat cable wires push through the top of the plug of easy installation to ensure. Immediately after the above checks, insert all eight wires simultaneously into the connector, and with some force. CAT5 & CAT6 connectors with easy to fit push though type installation. A more through-going sanity check is to ensure that you've arranged the wires in the proper order as described in this instructable. In other words, you shouldn't see two solid-coloured wires adjacent to each other, nor two striped wires. At this point, as you visually scan across the row of wires you've prepared and have pinched between your thumb and finger, they should alternate between solid-coloured and striped (this is a general description, applicable to either scheme used, A or B). As cwosley has said in a prior comment, once all the eight wires are laid out in the proper order is the time to cut them to length, which you'd do with the blade-and-anvil of the crimping tool. Once all eight are done, and while still pinching the end of the cable jacket, order all the wires as they're intended to lay once the connector is crimped. Once the cable jacket (or sheath) has been cut and removed, and the wires are exposed as four pairs, pinch the open end of the cable jacket tightly where the four pairs of wires emerge, and remove the twist in each pair by pulling each individual wire into a straight(-ish) section-repeatedly drawing a thumb and forefinger over the exposed length, allowing the thermoplastic cover of each wire to slide through your finger tips. However, I prefer to do it myself because the crimping tool usually cuts half way through some of the strands.Īs mentioned by cwolsey in the comments, you may want to strip off more than 1/2 inch, arrange the wires (which you will learn to do in the next step), and then cut them down to length to make sure they're straight on the end. Depending on what kind of crimping tool you have, it may have a feature built in to do this for you. If less jacket is removed, the strands may not fully insert into the connector. If more jacket is stripped, the connector will not properly grip the cable, and the crimp may fail. It is also important to strip close to one half inch off. ![]() It is important to not strip off the colored coatings on the small wires, as these will be used for identification later. First, strip off one half inch of the outer jacket on the cable. Do not cut the colored strands of wire, and note that this is the material holding all eight strands of wire together, not the coating on the individual strands. ![]()
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