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Crimping tool question

tinpanalley

tinpanalley

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Sorry if this is obvious but I have a great crimping tool I've been using for ethernet Cat6 cables. The two slots it has are 8p and 6p. So my question is, can I also crimp my flat Cat7 cables with it? I do know I'll need different plugs.
Thank you!
 
I've never tried, but I can't imagine why not as long as you can get a hold of the wires. It's the shielding part that's questionable, but I have yet to run into a shielded flat cable that I'd want to buy.
 
razel said:
I've never tried, but I can't imagine why not as long as you can get a hold of the wires. It's the shielding part that's questionable, but I have yet to run into a shielded flat cable that I'd want to buy.
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It's connectors I need. But just physically getting to the wires surely isn't enough, you also have to put them in a certain configuration for Cat7 and crimp them a certain way, no?
 
sdifox said:
Yeah there are patterns you have to follow depending on use. Just google it. Plenty of youtube video on how to crimp.
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Ok, but a flat Cat7 has no problems being crimped into a regular rj45 connector? No loss of speed I read about somewhere online?
 
tinpanalley said:
I can crimp, I've been doing it for years, I'm asking whether the physical crimping of the cable somehow bottlenecks a Cat7 when you use a Cat6 connector.
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I doubt it makes a difference to your use. Unless you are planning to build a datacenter based on hand crimped cables. Make sure it is the shielded head. The cable's construction determines category, the head is just a connector but you want shielded for cat 6 and 7

What kind of hardware are we talking about here? I can't picture having cat 7 hardware and hand crimping flat cable.
 
Have you torn apart the cable yet? I worry now since flat and thin cables are getting slimmer. Even the newer CAT6a S/STP cables from Monoprice are freakin' 36 AWG. Holy hell, isn't that thinner than a human hair? Additionally when you try to get the connector pins to bite is there even enough insulation for them to bite into?
 
sdifox said:
I doubt it makes a difference to your use. Unless you are planning to build a datacenter based on hand crimped cables. Make sure it is the shielded head. The cable's construction determines category, the head is just a connector but you want shielded for cat 6 and 7
What kind of hardware are we talking about here? I can't picture having cat 7 hardware and hand crimping flat cable.
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I've got shielded connectors. And this is just a one cable home use application.
 
razel said:
Additionally when you try to get the connector pins to bite is there even enough insulation for them to bite into?
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This is what I'm concerned about happening. I've haven't cut into it yet. This is to replace a connector that has a snapped peg/leg/hold-in-place-thingy.
 
tinpanalley said:
This is what I'm concerned about happening. I've haven't cut into it yet. This is to replace a connector that has a snapped peg/leg/hold-in-place-thingy.
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Oh for that? If you still have the broken tab around, crazy glue and reinforce with baking soda 2-3x, seriously. You can also buy a pack of RJ-CLIPs (sp?). It attaches to the end of the connector. You can also do the zip tie hack.
 
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