Well I've got a fun day planned!

[HappyHippyDad]

I am almost 50 and think I am about 30. I go kick boxing and am by far the eldest. I can keep up with them fitness wise and strength but they run rings around me with agility and speed, hence, and to the point, I have a cracked rib from a kick......

So I'm bored at home and practising, albeit with the odd grimace, with the new wall chaser as in my other thread.

Today I am at the exciting stage of fitting the oval conduit into the chase, which I am actually quite excited about as I have only ever used capping and cant wait to see a neat piece of oval conduit popped into a chase half the size of one needed for capping. Also, thanks to @Baddegg I am going to use concrete screws to keep it in place, rather than use screws which need rawl plus. Again, I'm quite excited to see how this works and the time it will save!

My day doesn't stop there, it gets more exciting. I seem to be terrible at ethernet points. They just don't work, lucky I've only been asked once and found a solution. So, I have a bag of rj45's, cat 5, ethernet socket and a cup of fancy machine coffee and my day is about to rock! ?

 

[telectrix]

Scouse term. scragg end of mutton was all most of our parents could get after war rationing. usually boiled up with leftover veg and anything else handy to make a pan of Scouse. ( lobby in Stoke, hotpot in lancashire). so it's come to mean the ends you normally cut off and discard.

here endeth todasy's lesson.

 

[Mike Johnson]

As far as I know there are only a couple of us on here who would remember our mothers buying Scrag end just after the war, (one g) I also remember as a child being pulled into a butchers by my mother to get out the way of Mosley's gang of black shirts marching down the Holloway Road.

 

[nicebutdim]

Today I am at the exciting stage of fitting the oval conduit into the chase, which I am actually quite excited about as I have only ever used capping and cant wait to see a neat piece of oval conduit popped into a chase half the size of one needed for capping.

If it wasn't for the fact that you're tearing up your own walls, I'd really love to hear your thoughts after trying a slightly deeper chase with round conduit bushed into boxes. For extra excitement; it could be filled and finished before cables are even installed.

 

[littlespark]

Kickboxing??

note to self: don’t upset @happyhippydad

 

[telectrix]

Kickboxing??

note to self: don’t upset @happyhippydad

it's OK, he's way down in glostershir. ( that's a week's travel with the wind blowing up your kilt on a mule).

 

[Julie.]

Jesus Christ! The blasted rj45's just won't work! My fun day is getting frustrating!

I have wired one end into an ethernet socket and one end into a RJ45 connector. I am using T568B on both sides. When I test it shows a break in one of the numbers, so I put another RJ45 on and it shows a break in different number. However, when I press the RJ45 firmly into the socket all lights on the tester flashed correctly. As soon as I let go of the rj45 connection, one of the lights ceases to flash. The rj45 just doesn't seem to make a good connection inside the socket. I have a cheap crimper. The RJ45's are from screwfix.
The cat 5e is definitely all the way to the end of the RJ45 and is not too long or too short.

Is this most likely due to :
1. Poor quality crimper.
2. Poor quality RJ45
3. Poor quality socket? ( I dont think so as it's schneider and the punch down connections seem fine).
4. I'm not going to add poor workmanship!

What is a pass through rj45? Does it just mean the cable passes completely through? Guessing you need a crimper that chops off the ends then?

Any recommendations for a good quality crimper (for pass through) and good quality pass through RJ45's?

Well a bit of a coincidence, I haven't done any Ethernet/RJ45 stuff in like forever, yet did so this weekend!

My husband is being sent home to work from home (It's the government's version of detention I think), so we need to set up a second office space, which meant running cat5e cable right through under floor etc. a new switch, and wifi router in that area of the house - it's always been a bit of a blind spot for the house wifi.

I spent ages trying to find a connection issue only to find the cable had a couple of broken wires, so pulled in fresh cat5e and everything was sweet.

As for patch cables, I use the screwfix ones as well and have no problems, I have a cheap crimper but works fine, on the wall I use the screwfix rj45 modules, again no issues - other than that ****ing cable break!

 

[OnlQQker]

Scouse term. scragg end of mutton was all most of our parents could get after war rationing. usually boiled up with leftover veg and anything else handy to make a pan of Scouse. ( lobby in Stoke, hotpot in lancashire). so it's come to mean the ends you normally cut off and discard.

here endeth todasy's lesson.

Always wondered where the term 'Scragg' came from.
I used it as a poker name many moons ago, I knew it was something to do with food but not sure what.

This forum is full of knowledge!

 

[ipf]

Scouse term. scragg end of mutton was all most of our parents could get after war rationing. usually boiled up with leftover veg and anything else handy to make a pan of Scouse. ( lobby in Stoke, hotpot in lancashire). so it's come to mean the ends you normally cut off and discard.

here endeth todasy's lesson.

Common term all over the north. Boney neck mutton.

Lobby in Leigh, too.

Wigan v Leigh (rugby)...Pie Eaters v Lobby Gobblers.

 

[Baddegg]

I use an Ideal crimp tool Screwfix 8518X with the Ideal plugs 1019X or 7966X

All new to me....what’s the difference in the 2 types of plugs?......living in the edge today @happyhippydad? ?

 

[telectrix]

All new to me....what’s the difference in the 2 types of plugs?......living in the edge today @happyhippydad? ?

ARE SOME THE SHIEDED VERSIONS?

 

[Baddegg]

ARE SOME THE SHIEDED VERSIONS?

?‍

 

[telectrix]

i ment shielded.

 

[Baddegg]

i ment shielded.

I thought you did mate, why would you use shielded then?? Never touched this stuff before

 

[telectrix]

maybe the shielded ones are to prevent covid19. i've terminated loads into the sockets with punch down tool but never fitted the plugs. that was always the IT monkeys' job.

 

[pc1966]

All new to me....what’s the difference in the 2 types of plugs?

One claims Cat 5e, other Cat 6