Re: Wiring up a patch panel

[ihatetripe]

Here is a picture of the sockets

<a href="http://www.itchymonkey.net/AUT_11.JPG";>http://www.itchymonkey.net/AUT_11.JPG</a>

I have a cheapy punch down tool and that wont fit. Are there
different types of punch down tools?


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"Paul S. Gale" <groups@s...> wrote:
> Maybe it just uses a standard punchdown as I mentioned before but
then a top 'cover' is snapped on to provide some additional strain
relief????
>
>
>
> As Keith says, best to take a pic and show us or provide a link to
some other online info if you have any?
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:kat5users@d...]
> Sent: 17 August 2003 11:58
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> Subject: RE: [KAT5] Wiring up a patch panel
>
>
>
> Hi James,
>
> Never come across sockets like that before.
>
> Can you post a link to a picture of the sockets so that we might
offer
> suggestions.
>
> It's possible thet there is a special assembly tool required and
these are
> ofter prohibitively expensive for domestic/hobbyist use.
>
> At work I used to have to terminate 25 pair cables onto 50 Way
Amphenol
> connectors and there was a jig whereby you fanned the cable out
into some
> plastic fingers that held the wire, placed the body of the
connector in the
> holder and then swung the large handle from one side to the other
> terminating all 50 wires in one go. That tool was several hundred
pounds :-(
>
> Keith
>
> www.diyha.co.uk
> www.kat5.tv
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ihatetripe [mailto:ihatetripe@y...]
> > Sent: 17 August 2003 11:42
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> > Subject: [KAT5] Wiring up a patch panel
> >
> >
> > I now have my patch panel and Cat5 cabling. I am trying to wire
up
> > the cables to the cat5 socket modules on the IBM patch panel. It
is
> > not as easy as I thought!! Here is how I am doing it.
> >
> > Strip off the sheath to of the cat5 cable.
> > Split the wires.
> > The module is in 2 parts a top plastic part where I lay the
cables
> > into the colour coded slots, and the bottom part which has the
metal
> > parts the individual wires are pushed into and contact made, and
the
> > main socket.
> > The problem I am having is pushing down the top part onto the
bottom.
> > I have managed to finish 1, but by checking with a continuity
tester,
> > one of the wires has not been seated properly. I cannot pull
apart
> > the 2 to remedy this! I am having to use serious force in pushing
the
> > top part onto the bottom.
> >
> > Does anyone know of any tricks to doing this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > James
> >
>
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