Might be a long, drawn out post: Lots of pictures......
I start off by doing a clean, straight cut with a sharp pair of electrician scissors.
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Any kind of sharp scissors will work, electrician scissors are just my personal preference.
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Next, I take the scissors, open them, place about 1-1/4" of the cable and set it into the open "V" of the scissors.
What I am going to do is while applying gentle pressure of the cable into the V, I am going to rotate the cable into the V,
making a circular score mark in the outside of the cable jacket. Ensure you do not apply too much pressure and nick the insulation of the conductors within the inside of the jacket.
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When properly scored, you should be able to bend the cable at the score mark and the jacket should split open.
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Lightly bend the break in a circular motion and the jacket should completely separate for the other side.
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Slide the jacket piece off, which will leave you with 1-1/4" of 4 twisted pair conductors and the tension fiber.
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Gather all the fiber into 1 string, take your scissors and cut it off flush with the edge of the jacket.
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This will leave you with 4 twisted pairs.
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Next, we will un-twist all 4 pairs back to the edge of the jacket. Now, we will proceed with straightening each of the
8 wires with your fore-finger and thumb. Grab 1 wire at the edge of the outer jacket, pinch it between your fore-finger
and thumb, all the while applying a gentle radius while pulling the wire through your finger and thumb to the end of it.
Now, grab the same wire again and repeat, but this time, apply a opposite radius effect while pinching the wire.
Do this on all 8 wires until they all are fairly straight. Practice makes perfect. Curled wires won't seat and crimp correctly.
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Now, you are going to pinch between you fingers, the edge of the stripped outer jacket and orient your
individual wires according to you
crimping scheme. I use the following orientation from left to right:
wht/org
org
wht/grn
blu
wht/blu
grn
wht/brn
brn
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Now, take your other thumb and fore-finger and pull several times until all the wires are lined up neatly next to each other.
Notice in the picture above how all of the individual wires are different lengths and are bent a bit at the end of each one?
We are going to fix that in this step. Take your scissors, go down about 1/4" from the top of the wires,
aligning the scissors up square and in one motion, cut all 8 wires at the same time.
Don't let go of the cable with your finger and thumb after cutting.
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Now, we are ready to put the RJ-45 connector onto the 8 wires. While still grasping the wires with your finger and thumb,
orient the RJ-45 connector so the tab is facing downwards. Gently, slide the fanned wires into the RJ-45 connector,
very slightly wiggling the bundle from left to right, if needed, into the RJ-45 connector.
If you do it correctly, all 8 wires should easily slide into its intended slot and will come out the front end of the connector.
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Now, we are ready to seat the jacket into the RJ-45 connector so we can crimp it.
Grasp the out cable jacket and push the jacket into the connector as far as it will go,
while taking your other hand and pull the wires farther out the front of the RJ-45 connector.
Now, we are ready to install the RJ-45 connector and cable into the crimper.
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Orient the RJ-45 connector into the crimper with the connector locking tab facing upwards, with the
connector tab aligned with the slot for it in the body of the crimper.
Gently pass the wires into the cavity, ensuring they don't hit the shearing blade on the other side of the cavity.
Push the connector, along with the wires until you hear the little "click" noise, letting you know
the connector is properly seated into the crimper.
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Now, you are ready to crimp. Using gentle pressure on the cable, pushing it inwards towards the crimper,
use your other hand and in one smooth motion, fully crimping the connector.
The shearing blade will actuate while the knife pins are pressed into each individual wire, neatly trimming
off all wires to the edge of the RJ-45 connector. After you release the handle on the crimpers, you should
be able to remove the completed crimp on RJ-45 connector. Look closely at the crimp. Is your outer jacket
still firmly pushed to the inside of the connector? If so, you should be good to go.
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