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| S. Barker |
 Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 9:55 pm |
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| Ross Herbert |
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:32 am |
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:28:03 GMT, "Steven Reynolds" <aa6ot@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
:"S. Barker" <ichasetrains@coldmail.com> wrote in message
:news:3vednYtim_SkE4vVnZ2dnUVZ_tyknZ2d@giganews.com...
:> What you need is a 110 punchdown tool. They have them at the big box
:> stores.
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:Wow, all I can say is THANK YOU to everyone! I never thought I'd get this
:many responses. I will see if I can find a punchdown tool, but maybe I'll
:try using the two sets of pliers first. I only have two wires to seat and
:punchdown tools are quite expensive. What I'm doing is setting up a phone
:jack in my closet in order to move my DSL modem and router into the closet,
:out of site from everyone. I've gotten enough "contact" from two wires to
:hear a dialtone, but the wires were not seated very well and fell out
:quickly, but at least I know the slot is active. I just need to get the
:wires in the slots.
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:Thanks again for all the great posts!
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:Steve
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Since you are not likely to be doing this often you don't really need an
expensive punchdown tool such as some of those suggested. For one-off use you
can do quite well with a cheap item such as
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=1408&sku=03787 |
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