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If I see a RJ45 plug with a broken locking thingie, or bare wires (not just bare copper - any internal wire), I chop the plug off. If I come across a CATx (sol
by gerdesj 11mo ago
If I see a RJ45 plug with a broken locking thingie, or bare wires (not just bare copper - any internal wire), I chop the plug off.
If I come across a CATx (solid core) cable being used as a really long patch lead then I lose my shit or perhaps get a backbox and face plate and modules out along with a POST tool.
I don't look after floating fires.
- pantalaimon 11mo ago> RJ45 plug with a broken locking thingi You can get replacement clips for those for a quick repair. https://www.amazon.com/Construct-Pro-RJ-45-Repair-Cat5e/dp/B072J8RC6N/ https://www.amazon.com/Construct-Pro-RJ-45-Repair-Cat5e/dp/B...
- esafak 11mo agoThen you kill the visual signal; that the cable might have been yanked and potentially loose.
- yabones 11mo agoChopping the plug is a very good idea, everybody should practice that. I once had a recurring problem with patch cables between workstations and drops going bad, four or five in one area that had never had that failure rate before. Turns out, every time I replaced one somebody else would grab the "perfectly good" patch cable from the trash can beside my desk. God knows why people felt compelled to do that when they already had perfectly good wires, maybe they thought because it was a different colour it would make their PC faster... So, now every time I throw out a cable that I know to be defective, I always pop the ends off. No more "mystery" problems.
- bell-cot 11mo agoI'd be so tempted to find a source for shiny-looking Cat 3 (10Mbit/sec) patch cables, and start seeding my trash can with those...