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I've never used anything other than fingertip pressure for ICC or ATT, etc. branded jacks. Well, I take that back, I have used scissors or dikes to clip off the excess wire.
I think that the people selling punch tools (remember when only a few people sold them?) are leading to this frenzy of punching wires down on jacks.
My guess is that the rush of newbie cable installers don't know any better.
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I keep a couple of these in my bag for when I need to put on a jack and misplace my punchdown tool. https://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=7669 They work pretty well, you just have to get everything lined up and trimmed to size before you crimp.
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I use the dust cover to crimp between my thumb and forefinger. Snip off the excess and done.
Works with Hubbell, Leviton and Panduit. (though Hubbell is our most commonly used brand)
- Tony Ohio Data LLC Phone systems, data networks, firewalls and servers in Central Ohio. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
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The "punch-less" Panduit jacks work very well - but ONLY if you leave a little excess when you trim the wires. Cut them flush and they'll pop out (inside where you can't see them of course) when you crimp the jack.
I personally saw 85% failure rate on one (thankfully small) job. After redoing the jacks and leaving about 1/32-1/16" overage they went in 100%.
I don't know if the documentation states this or not.
A word to the wise.
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