[GRLUG] cable installation

[moosebriard]

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.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Matt Behrens <matt at zigg.com> wrote:

> On Mar 27, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Agreed that you want to use female ends in construction work, but I've
> > never had a self-made, properly-constructed solid-conductor RJ54 end
> > (either cat5 or cat6) fail. YMMV, I suppose.
>
> 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.
>
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