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- In a continuation of video on home networking,
today we're going to look at making off
an RJ45 crimped end.
We're going to be using the
crimping tool from Ideal Industries.
It's the FT-45.
This crimping tool can be used alongside
Cat5 and Cat6 cables.
And today we're going to be using Cat6 cables.
It also works with the standard end, a shielded end
and a feedthrough type RJ45.
And that's what we're going to look at in this presentation.
So we're going to look at making off an RJ45
and it might be that we're creating our own patch lead,
so we'd be putting one on each end of the cable,
or now it's very common for things like this.
This is a Tenda access plate.
Actually for the connections to be in there to be the RJ45.
So of course, you make off your cable
and you insert it like so.
So we connecting that way
rather than the insulation displacement punching down
into the back of the plate itself.
We're going to use the RJ45,
as well as things like this WiFi extender.
So we take this plate off,
again you can see in there,
it requires a termination with an RJ45.
Which is like so.
So what we'll do next is we're going to use the
Ideal Industries FT-45.
And we're going to make off one of these RJ45 ends.
Okay, let's rearrange the table, bring in the kit.
So pull this down into position,
and we'll look at making off a piece of Cat6 cable.
So that's what we going to do in this part.
Using the appropriate tools from Ideal Industries.
So we got a set of both Cat5, and Cat6 ends here.
Just one little thing, the Cat5 ones,
hopefully you can see it, have a little curve
at the top section here.
So that's curved.
Okay, so that's got a little curve in it.
Whereas the Cat6 ones are just straight across there.
So across that part there, they're straight.
So we're going to do a Cat6 cable first.
So we'll take out our ringing tool.
Open that one up, and we'll ring our conductors.
And now on their insulation to expose those conductors.
Got the string, in case we'll need to pull it
a little bit further down, we could yank on the string
and we could come further down.
But for this we don't need to.
So I'm gonna untwist my conductors next.
This always takes a little bit longer than you think to do.
So, de-twist those conductors.
And once we've done that, we need to straighten them out.
It's really important to get them as straight as possible
before going through the process of laying
them in the appropriate places.
So de-twist them first.
More of those all out, another set to go.
And then we'll be into laying them
in the appropriate position.
We're going to be using the B system but I'll show you
an easier way of working out your color code
thanks to the crimping tool that we've got.
So here we go, straighten these out
and just take your time doing so
before we start putting them into the actual
order that we need them.
Straighten those out, and remove the inner PVC as well.
Take these, lock them, ready to go.
Careful now not to nick into the actual insulation itself.
And we're now ready to look at the system in which
we're going to use.
So take out our crimper.
Okay, like so.
So there we see it, the FT-45.
What's really good though
is when you come round to this side here,
you've actually got A and B identifying the colored systems.
So we go orange and white.
So the little dots there,
indicate the first one, so that would be white and orange,
orange, white and green, blue, white and blue.
Then we go green, white and brown, brown.
So that systems is laid out on the back
really, really, really like that.
So let's leave that in front of ourselves
and then look at layering these in the correct order.
So we can see here, system B we're using,
and that's the most common one in Europe.
We're going to be orange and white.
So take the orange and white.
Get it as straight as we can.
Get rid of the string.
Okay, so let's go,
orange and white.
Next one down, it says it's orange.
Take that one, hold on to it and lay on top of
the other conductor.
Keeping them as tight as I can here with my fingers.
So we've gone white and orange, orange, white and green.
Take the white and green.
Make sure it's nice and straight.
Lay on top of the others,
straighten all three out at the same time.
Next one is blue.
So move our blue round into position.
Others out of the way, keep it nice and straight,
lay on top.
Holding it nice and firm, okay, so layer them out.
After blue, we've got white and blue.
Take that one out there, move that round to there.
Again hold on to those and tightly into position.
Straighten them all out.
Next one's green, like so.
Then we're going for
white and brown
followed by Brown.
So there they all are.
Hold on super tight to them.
And then we can cut them to a reasonable length
Always like them a little bit longer than most people.
So I'm going to cut those to a reasonable length.
I'll take
RJ45 designed for Cat6.
And there's a look at the back of it,
back of it is straight.
I have pins facing me up.
I'm going to just move my fingers back a little bit.
Make sure we're nice and straight,
if we're not straight, we recut them.
So I've just moved them slightly.
So I'm going to recut those so they're straight.
Take my connector,
pin showing at the top,
and then I'm just going to slide those into position.
It's a feed through variety,
so they've come through to the other end
and this is brilliant now cause we can check them.
So I come back to my chart,
and I've gotten white and orange, orange,
and then I've got white and green, blue, white and blue.
And then I've gone green, I've gone white and brown, brown.
So now that I'm happy with those,
just push that down into position.
See all the conductors are nicely out at the front.
We're into the cord gripped area here.
So we're in a good position.
All it takes us now,
let's take a crimping tool,
insert it like so,
turn it to the side.
We've done it.
So we then, the pins are now, been crushed down
into position.
so we use insulation displacement,
to be able to connect those ends,
we've trimmed those ends off.
We've made off a Cat6 RJ45 end
using our Ideal Industry toolkit.
So in other words the crimping tool,
the ringing tool, and the box there.
That was incredibly easy.
Okay, so let's prove it wasn't a fluke,
let's do another end.
So straight back in with a ringing tool,
and let's see if we can do it a little bit
quicker this time.
So break off the outside insulation,
revealing our conductors.
Take these, snip off first on the string.
Okay, and de-twist our conductors.
Remember they're twisted in order to cancel out
the magnetic field that they create when carrying current.
And we know that the actual conductors in here
are not all carrying the same amount of current.
So they're all creating slightly different magnetic fields.
So we want to keep these conductors at terminating links
really short in order to try and alleviate
any cross torques or harms created by the differing
magnetic fields within the actual cable itself.
So we untwist this,
like so,
straighten them out maybe as we go.
We'll make another and off.
wouldn't mind if you're using Cat5 or Cat6,
we are still using the system B.
A lot of people now using more Cat6
than they are Cat5.
Straighten those out, fold them out of the way,
make sure we don't catch the insulation.
And now we're ready to lay it out again.
We just keep our crimping tool in front of us.
We've got system B, we're going to be using.
The first one is white and orange,
followed by orange.
I'm going to follow that one by white and green,
rounded to the best possible position like so.
Next one we've got is blue.
Make it straight as you possibly can.
After blue,
we've got white and blue.
And we're going for
green it's really handy on there.
Green,
and then we're going brown.
White brown.
Hold them super tight, this time we're going to
try and get them straight up before we start
trimming them out.
Let's trim those off.
Choose the appropriate RJ45 connector.
And again, it's got a straight part on it, not a curved.
Keep the pins up so we're looking at the pins themselves.
Just going to slide those into position up into here.
And then we can check it.
So if we can just push it into position,
let's check them off.
We've got white and orange, orange.
We've got white and green, blue,
white and blue green, white and brown, brown.
Push into position so it's fully into the cord grip.
And so again this is our crimping tool.
Set, we've got both ends done now.
So we could either be using this maybe as a patch lead,
or we've at least shown how we can connect into
the installer connectors
on the access plates,
or on the aerials themselves.
So I think we can clearly see there,
how easy it was to use Ideal Industries FD-45 crimping tool
throughout that presentation.
I'm not an expert in this field,
and I'll recommend if you've got any decent comments for us,
you leave them below.
However, we like products at eFixx
that make electricians life easier.
And I think if you're starting out doing
home networking systems or you're doing networking systems,
that this tool will make your life easier
and we like that.
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