Cat 5 Cable Crimping Sequence

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Cat 5 cable crimping sequence. As for which one to use when making your own ethernet cables it doesn t really matter. Carefully place the connector into the ethernet crimper and cinch down on the handles tightly. If even one of these are incorrect you will have to start over. This is a tutorial on how to crimp your own cables.

They can support different transmission distances and applications. Be sure to slide the snagless boots snugly over the connectors when finished. Building patch cables takes practice so keep at it until you. Test the ethernet cable.

Carefully hold the wire and firmly crimp the rj 45 with the crimper. T 568b is fairly common in the us because it s compatible with older telephone gear and you can plug in a phone line to an ethernet jack that uses t 568b. Thank you for checking out my first video. Rj45 connectors have been used for phone and ethernet connections for a long time but their original development.

Printable version of this page. Crimping the cable. While cat 5 cables are readily available in various finished lengths cutting and crimping your own is a far more cost effective method for wiring together large networks. It has better performance than cat5 and lower price.

Various ethernet network cables are being invented. The sheath of the ethernet cable should extend into the plug by about 1 2 and will be held in place by the crimp. The copper splicing tabs on the connector will pierce into each of the eight wires. Check the color orientation check that the crimped connection is not about to come apart and check to see if the wires are flat against the front of the plug.

Verify the wires ended up the right order and that the wires extend to the front of the rj45 plug and make good contact with the metal contacts in the rj45 plug. Always use a cable tester to check for continuity opens and shorts. See crimping tools step 9. Repeat the process on the other end using the desired wiring scheme.

Knowing how to crimp rj45 cat6 cables as well as being familiar with the cat6 crimping color code is critical for an electrician network technician engineer and anyone interested in installing an ethernet cable. Ethernet has been taking over the world for the last few decades. This would work for any cat5e and cat6 cable. Category 5 cable or cat 5 cable is the most common type of cord used for wiring computers together in a network.

Note the maximum cable length of cat 5 cat 5e or cat 6 ethernet cable is 328 feet or 100 meters. You can also choose from plenum or riser rated. Cat5e cables can support 1000base t transmission up to 100 m which meet the requirements of various applications in our home office and data center. Crimp the rj45 plug with the crimper tool.