"Dave Liquorice" wrote in
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:05:22 -0500, Arny Krueger wrote:

I pointed out that he had just crimped a normal plug to
solid cored cable. The guy had no idea.

Since CAT5 is normally solid core, why wouldn't it be
appropriate to use a solid core plug?

Solid cored CAT5 is installation cable and would normally
be connected to the IDC punch down blocks on a wall plate
socket one end and the similar blocks in the patch bay.

Plugs go on patch cable which has stranded core for
durabilty with repeated flexing.

Short patch cables that are used on patch bays are usually stranded, but
long patch cables that are used to simplify installations by avoiding punch
down blocks and wall plates are solid. Both types of plugs are widely
available. There are also many occasions where plugs are used to terminate
a cable that just plugs into a piece of equpment because the equipment is
installed out of sight, and no wall plates are needed.