Gathering Your Own Materials
February 25th, 2008 | by admin |
Putting together your own cat 5 cable requires that you purchase a 1000-foot roll of cable, which you can typically get for roughly 6-10 cents per foot. Be certain you can clearly recognize the color-coding on the wires. Next, gather up some RJ-45 connectors – which cost 25 cents each, and come in bags of multiples of 50. Get the correct RJ-45 to match whatever cat 5 cable wire you’re using. Lastly, you need a crimping tool – particularly one designed to cut and strip wires. In case your crimping tool doesn’t have this feature, have diagonal cutter pliers handy.
