How To Terminate Cat6 Rj45 Jack. Make sure the stripper is adjusted properly on a scrap piece of cable. Then, rotate the crimping tool around the cable in a smooth and even motion to create a clean cut.
The rj45 cat6a keystone jack is installed. If you do not have the finger/hand strength try our trueclose parallel jaw pliers. Here is one of the cat 6 wiring diagram wall jack a or b that you can use for your needs.
Insert the cable into the stripper section of the tool and squeeze it tight. Position each twisted pair in the slots where they will be terminated. Our older pass through crimp and termination tool (v1) is not compatible with these cat6/6a shielded pass through rj45 connectors.
Termination is accomplished several ways either using keystone jacks or rj45 connector plugs. Flush cut off the excess. Pin to pin, a and/or.
After all the wires are in the correct spot and double checked to make sure as little amount of exposed wires will be left as possible, use the punch down tool with the 110 blade and terminate each wire individually. The strain latch presser bar on that tool will crush the rear of your shielded plug. Apply the zip tie around the blue strain relief and cable jacket.
Strip the cable back 1 inch (25 mm) from the end. All permanent cabling is hidden inside your walls. Being careful not to damage the inner conducting wires, strip off approximately 1 inch of the cable's jacket, using a modular crimping tool or a utp cable stripper.
This method is used by professional installers. Insert the cat6 keystone jack into the keystone punch down stand to punch down the wire. The stripper should be adjusted to only score the jacket to make removing it easier and not nick the twisted pairs.