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- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 09:52:55 -0400
- From: walt@unhsst.unh.edu (Walter R. Trachim)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Proper Use of 66-Block Punchdown Tool
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 669, Message 6 of 9
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- > How does one properly punch a wire down into a 66-block so that the
- > end gets trimmed?
-
- > 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?
-
- In my experience, it depends on a number of things: 1.) the quality of
- the cross-connect you're using, 2.) whether or not the block is new,
- e.g., how many times connections have been made on the positions
- you're working with on the 66 block and whether or not there are
- indents under the pins, and 3.) the sharpness of the blade. As far as
- punching more than once on a wire, that depends on how well the wire
- was punched after the first hit. Sometimes it will go down on one try.
- But more often than not having to whack on it more than once is the
- rule rather than the exception.
-
- > 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.)
-
- If you look on the yellow side of your tool, you should see the word
- "CUT" in bold letters at the blade end. If you install you 66 blade
- with the uneven side out, the lip of the blade should be on the yellow
- side for cutting. Same goes if you're using a 110/88 blade; it has a
- hook on one side, and that's used for cutting the end off of the
- x-connect.
-
-
- Walter R. Trachim
- University of New Hampshire - Office of Telecom and Network Services
- Telecommunications Center, Durham, NH 03824
- walt_trachim@unh.edu
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