Lesson:
Terminating UTP Cable With Plugs
Objectives:
From this lesson you should learn:
How to use these tools to strip cable to the bare fiber
Tools:
Cable Stripper
Crimper
Components:
UTP cable
Cat 5e modular 8-pin plugs
Safety:
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Always
wear safety glasses when doing any of
these exercises and dispose of all scraps
properly.
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Exercise
1: Cut off a length of Cat 5e cable about 1meter or
3 feet long
2. Strip
~50mm - 2" - jacket from one end of the cable
as you did in the previous exercise
3. Untwist all the pairs leaving about 13mm or 1/2 inch of
the twists
4. Straighten
the wires
from each pair and align for the proper color code in the
plug - Use T-568B for this cable
5.
Slide the wires into the back of the plug, keeping them
all straight to maintain the color codes.
6. Insert the plug
into the crimper and crimp fully
7. Repeat with the other end of the cable to create a
patchcord.
8. Go to the wiremapping
exercise to test your patchcord.
Repeat this exercise several times until you feel
comfortable with your skills.
You
have successfully completed this exercise when you
have been able to strip the jacket and both buffer
coating layers from the fiber without breaking the
fiber.
Clean up all your fiber
scraps and dispose of them in a container like a used
take-out coffee cup marked "Fiber Scraps"!
After successfully stripping fiber several times, fill
in your
Scorecards
(PDF).
Lessons and Exercises
Click on the links for each exercise. Download the Scorecards
to keep records of your completion of each exercise.
1. UTP
Cable
2.
Terminating UTP Cable with modular 8-pin
plugs
3. Terminating
UTP Cable with modular 8-pin jacks
4. Testing
- wiremapping patchcords and links
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