Best Cat6 cable

[Nemiyen]

The easier question is what haven't I seen

Some horrors include:-
- pairs too far untwisted
- cables kinked or otherwise bent radius exceeded
- different standards used for punching at each end A Vs B
- no basic continuity tests done to check all pins are actually connected.
- individual jackets unnecessarily stripped before punching down
- wires poked into without using punch down tool
- cables cut too short to punch down and then extended using jelly crimps or chocolate block connectors (because it's fine it's not mains voltage!)
- mismatched faceplates e.g. cat6 used on cat5e cable

Ah yeah the good old t568a on one end and t568b on the other. we pay "professionals" to do this at work so I wouldn't expect an electrician to know any different! I end up having to go and fix at least 1 socket once the jobs are done. Worst thing is you'd think they'd realise they're doing it wrong when it's different to the other 6 they've completed!

 

[Dean037]

Usually you'll use solid core cable, punch down into the back of the patch panel, and then the front of said panel is now wired-up Ethernet jacks for you to plug in (short) cables to connect to your switch(es).

I am having from wall I'm living.room.uptp loft and was just going to have plenty spare wire and get a male end fitted that can plug into my tplink 8 port switch. So wall socket livimg.room and male end loft.

Basically trying my best to future proof best i Can also have cctv in loft with Internet in there and also possibility of running down to rooms.of needed at some point. Or even do a mesh system with one router in loft connected directly and one I living room.

think I will get someone to come and fit ends to cables if the electrician isn't keen and hopefully cheap. Or ask the cctv installer as think they often do it.

thanks dean

 

[Jim99]

Just curious, what kind of horror stories are there about incorrect network cable termination? Is it stripping too much insulation or what? I'm going to get my house rewired and have started running Cat6 in the ceiling voids, planning to put in ethernet sockets in rooms at the same time but was also considering letting them do the lot (I'd maybe just do the donkey work).

A friend of mine had an electrician do it, and he decided that rather than run two cables to a double socket, he would run a single cable and split it. My mate wasn't best impressed when he found out.

 

[robj20]

The easier question is what haven't I seen

Some horrors include:-
- pairs too far untwisted
- cables kinked or otherwise bent radius exceeded
- different standards used for punching at each end A Vs B
- no basic continuity tests done to check all pins are actually connected.
- individual jackets unnecessarily stripped before punching down
- wires poked into without using punch down tool
- cables cut too short to punch down and then extended using jelly crimps or chocolate block connectors (because it's fine it's not mains voltage!)
- mismatched faceplates e.g. cat6 used on cat5e cable

What do you mean by "individual jackets striped before punching"

 

[Steveocee]

I am having from wall I'm living.room.uptp loft and was just going to have plenty spare wire and get a male end fitted that can plug into my tplink 8 port switch. So wall socket livimg.room and male end loft.

Basically trying my best to future proof best i Can also have cctv in loft with Internet in there and also possibility of running down to rooms.of needed at some point. Or even do a mesh system with one router in loft connected directly and one I living room.

think I will get someone to come and fit ends to cables if the electrician isn't keen and hopefully cheap. Or ask the cctv installer as think they often do it.

thanks dean

Mate where abouts do you live? It’s taken me longer to read this thread than it would to have slapped ends on a cable for you.

 

[Nemiyen]

What do you mean by "individual jackets striped before punching"

My best guess is electricians are used to stripping back the jackets when installing cables into plugs or sockets etc but with solid core cables you just punch them straight down into the keystone with the jackets intact, no stripping back needed.

 

[Armageus]

My best guess is electricians are used to stripping back the jackets when installing cables into plugs or sockets etc but with solid core cables you just punch them straight down into the keystone with the jackets intact, no stripping back needed.

Exactly this - I've seen the coloured individual strands stripped (as time consuming as that must be) on at least one occasion

 

[robj20]

That's what I thought, and thought what idiot would do that so it can't be that surely.