<div dir="ltr"><div><div>My understanding is the blades that make contact in the keystone jack are designed to cut into solid-core wires. if your cable has a braided core it can simply slice some of the individual copper conductors and you end up with an unstable connection.<br><br></div>I made a lot of cables back in the day (i.e 10-15 years ago) when the cost of ready-made cables was not as cheap as they are now. You may still need to remove and replace the end of a cable if you want to feed it through a small hole. I know the tolerances of devices are pretty good, but I would be hesitant about patching together 3 or 4 segments with RJ45 connectors when a single line can be run end-to-end with just a bit of work.<br><br></div>Brent<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 January 2018 at 10:18, Bob Jonkman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com" target="_blank">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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</span>Cedric shouted:<br>
<span class="">> 2) IF YOU ARE CRIMPING MALE RJ45 ENDS ON A CABLE, YOU ARE DOING IT<br>
> WONG AND SHOULD JUST STOP. INSTALL KEYSTONE JACKS AT ALL TIMES.<br>
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</span>Are there keystone jacks enclosures designed for inline cables, eg.<br>
not for wall-mount boxes? I would hate to give a client a "fixed"<br>
cable with just a keystone jack hanging off the end.<br>
<br>
- --Bob.<br>
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On 2018-01-29 09:42 AM, Cedric Puddy wrote:<br>
> Hi Folks!<br>
><br>
> Copule quick points:<br>
><br>
> 1) Byte Brothers (I got mine from PrimeSpec) makes a cable<br>
> certifier that sits in between basic continuity testing and totally<br>
> far-gone cable certifiers -- it's about $500. It's about 95% of a<br>
> classy, $6k unit. The trade-offs are more in the line of terrible<br>
> user interface and slow, fussy workflow, but that's no big deal if<br>
> you aren't doing high numbers of drops. (You do a single cable,<br>
> you have to run back and forth connecting a terminal block on the<br>
> far end, then pushing buttons the near end, etc. But it definitely<br>
> gives you a very good read-back on whether the cable you punched<br>
> down was done right.<br>
><br>
> 2) IF YOU ARE CRIMPING MALE RJ45 ENDS ON A CABLE, YOU ARE DOING IT<br>
> WONG AND SHOULD JUST STOP. INSTALL KEYSTONE JACKS AT ALL TIMES.<br>
> OK, so that's a bit strong, but seriously, I deal with lots of<br>
> cables, and I haven't crimped a male RJ45 end on a cable since<br>
> about 2003. I gave away my RJ45 crimp tools, don't carry one, and<br>
> neither do my techs. The reason: you cannot manually make a patch<br>
> cable to nearly the same spec as machines, and it is FAR more<br>
> reliable to attach a keystone jack; moreover the manufactured<br>
> cables are cheap and plentiful.<br>
><br>
> Keystone jacks are a lot more forgiving, faster, and easy to<br>
> inspect/fix if there's a problem. And a shout out to Primespec --<br>
> I buy all this kind of stuff there; cabling is only cost effective<br>
> if you have a proper vendor who serves the professional cabling<br>
> market. Home Despot marks this stuff up "a hair too much", in my<br>
> experience.<br>
><br>
> We usually sub-contract cabling, but sometimes "internal resources"<br>
> have to chip in. When that happens, we usually do continuity<br>
> testing when we install a keystone jack, and only occasionally use<br>
> the Byte Brothers certifier. For continuity, my absolutely<br>
> favourite tool is the Ideal LinkMaster Pro, with a bunch of<br>
> remotes. The awesome thing about this unit is that if you plug it<br>
> into a cable with a remote on the end, it will instantly power on,<br>
> test the cable, tell you if it's good within 2 seconds, and then go<br>
> back to sleep when you unplug the cable. I've used my for years<br>
> and changed the battery once, and it's just so damn fast. It does<br>
> a variety of things, but the "UX experience" can't be beat. No<br>
> idea who sells them these days, or how much.<br>
> <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=ideal+supply+cable+tester&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI99KDsv3YAhVs_IMKHb7qA3AQ_AUICygC&biw=1270&bih=2043#imgrc=kKnl2wz6FDhssM" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.ca/search?<wbr>q=ideal+supply+cable+tester&<wbr>source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=<wbr>0ahUKEwiI99KDsv3YAhVs_<wbr>IMKHb7qA3AQ_AUICygC&biw=1270&<wbr>bih=2043#imgrc=kKnl2wz6FDhssM</a><br>
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><br>
:<br>
><br>
> Anyhoo, my 0.02! Make it a great one!<br>
><br>
> -Cedric<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 29 January 2018 at 09:04, nafdef <<a href="mailto:nafdef@gmail.com">nafdef@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Thanks Bob. -FF<br>
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