Paul on Sat, 22 Feb 2003 21:01:07 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] RJ45 tools




gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

Home Despot has a couple of good (Ideal brand) models, one just like
the one I use (but am rather attached to, thanks).



I saw those. They're OK. Although, you can save money by buying the same online.

On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 07:21:53PM -0500, Paul wrote:


When I was searching for a coax crimper I noticed some good RJ45 deals on http://www.e-bay.com. I got a crimper with a die for $20.



You do, I hope, mean ebay.com? e-bay.com isn't owned by at all the
same folks...


Oops.  Yes.  http://www.ebay.com

Nah, die systems end up being more trouble than they're worth.
You'll only ever want an RJ-45 and one of the two possible phone
RJs (two-pair is 11, I don't remember what three-pair is, four-pair
is 45). And if you've only got one slot for the die, you'll be
switching every time you use it, guaranteed. If you're only doing
home stuff (no digital phone systems), you only need an RJ-45 and an
RJ-11.


True. Although it seems that dies systems are work more smoothly and are higher quality. For home use a permanent combo crimper is fine. (For coax I think I would still recommend a die system because a wider variety of cable s used. There are three difference types of coax in my place and I wish I could crimp two additional types.)

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