Making up CAT 5 cable - punchdown tool?

Hi,

I've got loads of cat 5 cable but with no ends. Is it a punchdown tool
that I need?
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Regards
Jon

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> Hi,
>
> I've got loads of cat 5 cable but with no ends. Is it a punchdown tool
> that I need?

If you are connecting it to sockets, then you need a punch down tool. The
sockets normally have a narrow V groove that you punch down the wires into.

Something like this, but I'm not sure if this one does CAT connectors:

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P


It you want to fit plugs, you need a crimp tool- this pushes the connector
onto the wire. For home use, a cheapie will do- mine cost £7 at a local
computer fair.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P

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Brian
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> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) et...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've got loads of cat 5 cable but with no ends. Is it a punchdown tool
> > that I need?
>
> If you are connecting it to sockets, then you need a punch down tool. The
> sockets normally have a narrow V groove that you punch down the wires into.
>
> Something like this, but I'm not sure if this one does CAT connectors:
>
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P
>
>
> It you want to fit plugs, you need a crimp tool- this pushes the connector
> onto the wire. For home use, a cheapie will do- mine cost £7 at a local
> computer fair.
>
> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P

It's the crimper that I need then. I just want to fit RJ45 connectors
onto the end of a 10 foot length of cat 5.

I suppose I'll also need to know which wires go to which slot but that
should be easy to find.
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Regards
Jon

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Jon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> > "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed) et...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've got loads of cat 5 cable but with no ends. Is it a punchdown tool
> > > that I need?
> >
> > If you are connecting it to sockets, then you need a punch down tool. The
> > sockets normally have a narrow V groove that you punch down the wires into.
> >
> > Something like this, but I'm not sure if this one does CAT connectors:
> >
> > http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P
> >
> >
> > It you want to fit plugs, you need a crimp tool- this pushes the connector
> > onto the wire. For home use, a cheapie will do- mine cost £7 at a local
> > computer fair.
> >
> > http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P
>
> It's the crimper that I need then. I just want to fit RJ45 connectors
> onto the end of a 10 foot length of cat 5.
>
> I suppose I'll also need to know which wires go to which slot but that
> should be easy to find.
>
Make sure you get the right sort of plugs to suit your cable - solid and
stranded need different types (although some are supposedly universal,
most aren't).

Jon wrote:
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>> "Jon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've got loads of cat 5 cable but with no ends. Is it a punchdown tool
>>> that I need?
>> If you are connecting it to sockets, then you need a punch down tool. The
>> sockets normally have a narrow V groove that you punch down the wires into.
>>
>> Something like this, but I'm not sure if this one does CAT connectors:
>>
>> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P
>>
>>
>> It you want to fit plugs, you need a crimp tool- this pushes the connector
>> onto the wire. For home use, a cheapie will do- mine cost £7 at a local
>> computer fair.
>>
>> http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...&doy=16m1&QV=P
>
> It's the crimper that I need then. I just want to fit RJ45 connectors
> onto the end of a 10 foot length of cat 5.
>
> I suppose I'll also need to know which wires go to which slot but that
> should be easy to find.

Daft, I know, but if you are only going to do a one-off, it is probably
cheaper to buy a ready-made cable from somewhere like eBuyer than to buy
the tool & connectors, plus it will have been tested.

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> Make sure you get the right sort of plugs to suit your cable - solid and=20
> stranded need different types (although some are supposedly universal,=20
> most aren't).

Thanks for the tip. Presumably if my cable separates easily into 8
separate cores then thats "stranded"?
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Regards
Jon

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> Daft, I know, but if you are only going to do a one-off, it is probably
> cheaper to buy a ready-made cable from somewhere like eBuyer than to buy
> the tool & connectors, plus it will have been tested.

It needs to be about 12 feet long and I have so much of the stuff laying
about (ripped out when a shop I worked at was re-fitted) it seemed a
shame to waste it.

Plus I've already had the carpet and laid the cable, just need to put a
connector on each end now!
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Regards
Jon

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>Thanks for the tip. Presumably if my cable separates easily into 8
>separate cores then thats "stranded"?

No. If each of the *cores* separate further into strands, then it's stranded.
If each core is solid, then it's, er, solid core.

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Jon <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> > Make sure you get the right sort of plugs to suit your cable - solid and=20
> > stranded need different types (although some are supposedly universal,=20
> > most aren't).
>
> Thanks for the tip. Presumably if my cable separates easily into 8
> separate cores then thats "stranded"?

No, the wire inside the insulation may be stranded (extra flexible) or
solid.

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> No, the wire inside the insulation may be stranded (extra flexible) or
> solid.

All sorted, had a quick practice on some off cuts, and now the real
cable is working perfectly.

I found this wiring diagram:
http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html
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Regards
Jon