They will last a long time. The less you move them, the longer they last. Vibration will make them fail also. Sounded like we had some inexperienced cablers so offering my expertise. I always check the cable ends first when there is a failure and males were used. That is a good place to look and is a simple fix by just re-crimping.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Matt Behrens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matt@zigg.com" target="_blank">matt@zigg.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Mar 27, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Michael Mol <<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Agreed that you want to use female ends in construction work, but I've<br>
> never had a self-made, properly-constructed solid-conductor RJ54 end<br>
> (either cat5 or cat6) fail. YMMV, I suppose.<br>
<br>
</div>Yeah, I was about to say, I'm sure that's by far the better idea, but for my low-grade home work, it's been just fine.<br>
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