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Joining UTP phone cable

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  • #32
    Bruthal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,422 ✭✭✭✭Bruthal


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    So, would you agree that if you were to permanently join the cable that a tape join isn't the correct option?

    Well its certainly not the best option. But if it was done in a dry lining box with a blank plate over it, its a fair bit better than twisting together and pulling up behind a slab.

    But twisting and taping is certainly a temporary job alright.

    But a connector block and taped up, and pulled into wall and hidden, would be little better than twisting in my opinion, but again, would be better in an easily accessible box.


  • #33
    NewHillel
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭NewHillel


    paddymick wrote: »
    Lads after all the cat fighting and advice no-one actually answered the OP`s question which is YES you could use a block connector.It will still work perfectly.

    At the end of the day all they want to do is move a simple phone socket a mere 3 meters not rewire an office block! Of course all the other posts are good advice but scaring a person off with gel crimps,solder irons and heat shrinks for such a small job is a bit much imho...

    It really depends on whether you will be using the telephone line for Broadband, as well as the telephone. If only using it for a phone connection, any of the suggestions will work. (As all agree, using insulation tape is not recommended, particularly where solid core wire is being twisted.)

    For Broadband, it is essential that a proper twisted pair cable is used. Telephone grade UTP, or Cat5e, are both fine. Alarm wire is not, it will degrade the line speed significantly.

    A small block connector is perfectly fine. (The trick is to avoid, insofar as practical, untwisting the cable pairs.) I would not recommend Gel Crimps, for indoor use. They are entirely unnecessary and, without a professional grade crimping tool, can give unreliable results. I would never put a joint in an inaccessible location, even the best can fail. The only exception would be a soldered joint, with heat shrink, as mentioned earlier in the thread.


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