I found relief for JST-ZH wiring pain

[Sindarius]

I ordered some along with some other items I needed from digikey. Hopefully will be here by end of week.

[droftarts]

@gnydick yes, probably. Though in the past, when wiring Ethernet wall sockets, I know I’ve messed up doing it with a screwdriver!

Ian

[jens55]

I bought some ethernet connectors a little while ago (inserts for a wall plate) and they actually came with a small punch down tool for each connector. I think the tool was plastic.

[gnydick]

@Sindarius Let me know how it works out for you.

[Sindarius]

@gnydick I will, should be here on Thursday

[Sindarius]

@gnydick So they showed up just a little bit ago (late) and in testing them out I had some trouble with the cheap punch tool that I bought to test with. Wasn't having much success with it. Took a small flat head and pushed the wires in just to see if I could get them in. Shredded the connector a little bit but I do have continuity across the wires and I can give it a decent tug and it doesn't let go. I am going to investigate and see if I can find a better tool to punch the wires in.

Picture not for the feint of heart! I'd probably still take this over soldering the pigtails on the 1LC.

[gnydick]

@Sindarius thanks so much. That's not actually that bad. Magnified that much it looks much worse than it is

There is a proper crimper but it's anywhere from $400 to $1000. Which is just crazy.

I bet if you just took a very small screw driver and notched the center of it, it'd work.

[Sindarius]

@gnydick I pulled down the step file and am going to see if I can design a simple tool to push it in

[Sindarius]

@gnydick Went ahead and did the other end and wired it up. worked like a champ. Only took a couple minutes to get everything put together. Great find! going to finish redoing the wiring on the rest of my toolboards.

[gnydick]

@Sindarius awesome. I'm so glad we have a working solution.

[Sindarius]

[gnydick]

@Sindarius now we're talking!