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mc2phat · 06-21-2002, 10:57 AM

I second getting a tester. I'm color blind to begin with. I used to make CAT 5 cables and occasionally I'd run fiber optic cable. The only way I could do this was have someone tape a piece of each color wire onto a card with the color written above each so i could compare the wires I was working with. I still messed up a lot. Not so much on fiber optic cuz it was such a pain in the butt to fix, I'd REALLY make sure I had it right.

06-21-2002, 10:57 AM	#14
mc2phat Remember Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: MO Posts: 1,478	I second getting a tester. I'm color blind to begin with. I used to make CAT 5 cables and occasionally I'd run fiber optic cable. The only way I could do this was have someone tape a piece of each color wire onto a card with the color written above each so i could compare the wires I was working with. I still messed up a lot. Not so much on fiber optic cuz it was such a pain in the butt to fix, I'd REALLY make sure I had it right.