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Ethernet cat 5 cable questions.
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ivwshane:
I don't know about you guys but for me the smaller gauge wire was a pain to crimp and never really held well. One thing that has seemed to work is if I double over the wire before crimping.

Is there a better way?
SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: ivwshane on March 26, 2009, 02:10:44 am ---Is there a better way?

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Solder.
Bluedeath:
I soldered them to the terminals.
ivwshane:

--- Quote from: Bluedeath on March 26, 2009, 11:40:44 am ---I soldered them to the terminals.

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Even the ones that are insulated?
severdhed:
when we wired my friend's control panel with cat5, we just stripped the wire with our fingernails.  it doesnt take much effort..although the tips of our fingers were pretty sore at the end of the day.  we stripped them back longer than we needed, and then folded the wire to make it thicker...then just crimped them on....it worked just fine.  i don't remember what size the terminals were..but they had little blue sleeves on them.


also, just FYI..if you are using cat 5 and need to have separate strands of a considerable length.  take one of the twisted pairs...fasten one end  in the end of a drill and have someone slowly pull the two wires apart as you run the drill in the proper direction...  a few seconds later they are completely apart from each other and you didn't just spend all that time untwisting them by hand.
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