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**HAL9000** · 06-24-2002, 10:05 PM

I usually strip off 2 inches of the outer insulation, untwist each pair to the blue insulation, sort them, pull them between my fingers until they are flat, then trip it to 3/4 inch.

Sarge, is that what CAT 5 actually means? The reason I ask is If you pull out say 6 inches of each pair, they aren't twisted the same amount. Some have considerably more twist than the others.

06-24-2002, 10:05 PM	#20
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	I usually strip off 2 inches of the outer insulation, untwist each pair to the blue insulation, sort them, pull them between my fingers until they are flat, then trip it to 3/4 inch. Sarge, is that what CAT 5 actually means? The reason I ask is If you pull out say 6 inches of each pair, they aren't twisted the same amount. Some have considerably more twist than the others. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.