Crimp 4 Joy

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Originally Posted by richlevy

After reading the instructions, it took me at least 15 minutes to untangle the 8 f***ing wires (I believe that this is the technical term) into order and have them stay there long enough to slip into the connector.

1) Important is also to get RJ45 connectors that are compatible with that kind of wire. Solid or stranded wire.

2) Each wire must be fully up to the front end of that connector. Generally that means a magnifying Loopy or strongest reading glasses from Wal-mart or the grocery store to actually see each wire is fully inserted. Each prong pushed down by the crimp tool has two vampire prongs. Both prongs must penetrate the wire to make a connection that is not intermittent.

3) At the rear of each RJ-45 is a strain relief. Ethernet wire cover must be inserted enough so that the strain relief grabs cable cover.

4) A reason for etherent (or telephone) connector damage is when a locking tab gets caught and broken off. This failure averted by a connector cover, installed on wire before the connector is attached, so that the locking tab is covered. Radio Shack is one of few retail sources for this RJ-xx connector tab protector.

5) After all that labor, hHow does those Chinese make money crimping these things?