That conversation with the IT director at a coffee shop in Denver

I was hauling cable through a drop ceiling for a small office retrofit last month with my helper when their IT director walked over and started asking about our terminations. He mentioned that every bad crimp he's seen over 15 years could have been caught by just tugging the cable before you leave the ladder... said it's the only test that matters for patch cables. I'd always used a fluke tester before, but his point about time spent was hard to argue with... has anyone else switched to just manual pull testing for short runs?

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sandra71521d ago

Tugging the cable before packing up is such a simple trick that saves so much headache later. Hard to argue with a guy who's seen 15 years of bad crimps.

troy99621d ago

Wait, so you're saying a tug test is good enough for everything? I've seen plenty of cables that felt tight but still failed a continuity check on a basic tester.