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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
I have an old crimper and connector set for RJ45 and making my Cat 5a and 6 cables. It has a little sleeve that holds the wires in the proper order, and then I slide the plastic connector over them, and crimp. Then I have a tool that checks the connections with blinking lights.
I decided after running all the Cat 5A POE cables for my security system I do not want to do that for a living!
I would love to see the rig real professional use. It has to be better than what I was using. Mine worked, but it took me forever.
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I did the ends for about 95 IP cameras at work, usually either on top of a 12 foot ladder or in a manlift, 15 feet in the air. I DO NOT LIKE HEIGHTS. Wired them all by headlamp because they were above the dropped ceiling lights.
Then fixed the punchdown on about 40 of them.
Then added 15 or so new Ethernet runs through the building, and terminated both sides.
Then 30 doors with RFID readers, 2 cables per door terminated on both ends.
Then tested all of them with a Fluke CAT6 verification tool.
Honestly, the company in the building that does building network installs has us train interrns using a Platinum Tools crimper by hand. It's still the fastest way since there's so much manual work needed per end (untwisting the pairs, stripping the jacket,etc). And, you still need to visually check the order before crimping. So, a powered machine of some type really won't save any time.