Had to cut heads off cat7 cable, how to repair?

As they're presumably made using stranded cable your only option is to crimp plugs on. You'd need some suitable 8P8C RJ45 plugs, a crimping tool and plenty of luck/patience.

It may actually be cheaper/as cheap to throw them away and redo it using solid core Cat5e/Cat6 and faceplates.

And why Cat7? Just because it's a higher number?
 
bremen1874 said:
As they're presumably made using stranded cable your only option is to crimp plugs on. You'd need some suitable 8P8C RJ45 plugs, a crimping tool and plenty of luck/patience.

It may actually be cheaper/as cheap to throw them away and redo it using solid core Cat5e/Cat6 and faceplates.

And why Cat7? Just because it's a higher number?
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Haha!!! Yes, the 7 won me over

I think I will do the faceplates... Do they have to be cat7 or can I use cat6 plates?
 
Even Cat5e is fine for almost anything domestic. Thinner cable, marginally cheaper, easier to work with, etc.

And just to be clear you almost certainly won't be able to terminate the existing cables to faceplates.
 
bremen1874 said:
Even Cat5e is fine for almost anything domestic. Thinner cable, marginally cheaper, easier to work with, etc.

And just to be clear you almost certainly won't be able to terminate the existing cables to faceplates.
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Not sure what you mean there..

I can open the cable and attach wires to the back connectors on the faceplate and then use the Ethernet out ports at the front for all my gear..... So I can use the existing cables :)
 
Network cable is either solid core or stranded.

Faceplates only work with solid core.

A network cable you buy off the shelf will usually be made from stranded cable as it's more flexible and doesn't break as easily.
 
nightrider1470 said:
Not sure what you mean there..

I can open the cable and attach wires to the back connectors on the faceplate and then use the Ethernet out ports at the front for all my gear..... So I can use the existing cables :)
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The cables you've bought are probably multi-core, which is almost impossible to terminate on a patch panel. And they are covered in shielding too.
 
You'd need:

A suitable length of solid core Cat5e or Cat6 network cable (copper not CCA).
Faceplates (Cat5e or Cat6 to match the cable).
Backing boxes.
A Krone tool.

And possibly:

Network continuity tester.
Cable stripper (pref. Cyclops).

And finally network cables to connect between the faceplates and the connected devices.
 
How many did you butcher?

Can you strip the insulation back and post a picture? It might still be possible to save them (although they wouldn't be Cat7 anymore).
 
Only if it's solid core. If you strip the insulation from one of the coloured wires what's in there? It'll either be a single thin conductor or seven(-ish) very thin conductors.
 
Personally although they say not to from experience I would just be punching that down onto a face plate. I had to cut the end off a CAT6e cable to get it through a tiny hole in a wall for a HDMI over Ethernet adapter. I just punched it down onto a cat5e faceplate and haven't had a problem in the year I have been using it.

Basically from my experience, do not use solid core structured cable for patch leads as they do not have the flexibility of normal patch leads, but a patch lead punched down into a patch panel/face plate will generally work just fine.
 
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