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- Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!agate!telecom-request
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 00:52:35 GMT
- From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Proper use of 66-block punchdown tool
- Message-ID: <telecom12.667.4@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: Columbia University
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- How does one properly punch a wire down into a 66-block so that the
- end gets trimmed?
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- My usual practice is to stick the end into the front of the tines and
- then just click it down with the punchdown tool, however, this never
- seems to trim the end as (I was told) it is supposed to.
-
- I've seen some installers click *twice* on each terminal. Is that one
- to get it it down and one to cut?
-
- Also, is there a significance to the colors on the tool? Mine is
- black on one side and yellow on the other, though a friend of mine has
- one that's blue on one side and yellow on the other. Does any one
- color indicate which side has the blade? (Neither side on mine seems
- to trim the cable.)
-
-
- Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ. gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu
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