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tool to ease RJ45 termination

I've just made my first few Cat 5e Ethernet cables and I found the most time consuming/hardest part to be keeping all 8...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by bdenckla
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by bdenckla

ballasts & long conduit runs

I got a situation where I got some 8' florescent lights and about 200' of AC line inside metal conduit. What are the cl...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by pi9
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by pi9

Weird Cable Test Results

I was working at 3 different sites this week for the same customer, replacing jacks (to comply with new color-coding st...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by njcablepro
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by njcablepro

RG-6 QS, top brands?

Hello, I am just trying to get an updated list of the top brands of RG-6 quad shield coax cable. I have seen posts from...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by chris
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by chris

Terminated Cat5e ended up "cat5"

I was changing some things in a server room this week: Using cat5e cable and these ends http://www.cdw.com/shop/product...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by fitchkd25
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by fitchkd25

Overfilled conduit!

Hi Guys, I have been called in to run 33 CAT6 cables through a customer supplied 2" PVC conduit. To top it off the run...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by TJ
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by TJ

Plenum

i was told that just because you run cable between a drop ceiling and the hard ceiling doesnt make it plenum. If all ai...
11 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rstrapple
11 comments posted 19yrs posted by rstrapple

S-Video to Twisted Pair keystone adapters

I just finished a conference room, wiring from a conference table to a projector on the ceiling and to a plasma on the...
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by cp7000
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by cp7000

Multi-Dwelling Unit - New Construction

A company I do a lot of commercial subcontract work for has asked me to give them a price on wiring approximately 70 to...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by njcablepro
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by njcablepro

How to Rack a Netgear DG632 ADSL Modem Router

Hi, I have a Netgear DG632 ADSL Modem Router and would like to know how i could rack mount it in my Comms Cabinet. It i...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by number1hatfielder
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by number1hatfielder

Short Term CO to IP

I've run into a situation where someone ran 200' of CAT5 through a buried 2" PVC from their main building to a 2nd buil...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by news23
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by news23

Ethernet Cable Woes - On and Off every second

Hi I am having some problems with a 40m CAT5 ethernet cable. When I first installed the cable, I tested it and it was w...
12 comments posted 19yrs
posted by davetonge
12 comments posted 19yrs posted by davetonge

Splicing Fiber Question

Hey guys, I will have to install some MM fiber in the near future. No single run is more than 400 meters so I'm not rea...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by richardhaskins
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by richardhaskins

Use CMR or CMX rated cat5e cable

My wife runs a small motel and I offered to wire some of her rooms with cat5e. For the most part, the cabling is interi...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by hmrside
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by hmrside