Wiring the house

[Trip]

@RacerX330 - Very welcome and great news on the build-out. Keep us posted on how it pans out once you've got everything finalized.

 

[RacerX330]

@Trip what's your opinion on crimping tools, punch down tools, cable testers? My guy will have his own, but I'd like to have a set for this and other nerd stuff. Is there a crimping tool that does both passthrough and non-passthrough plugs? I'd like to buy good ones, but they don't have to be data center grade, if you know what I mean...

 

[degrub]

check out what your installer uses as well.

 

[Trip]

@RickMo - I've personally had really good luck with Klein Tools -- I'd call it a tier or two above the real cheap stuff. Here's their crimper/stripper combo unit for Pass-Thru connectors. I'm not aware of a combo unit that will do pass-thru and classic; I'd probably just buy one for each. Platinum Tools, the originator of the pass-thru paradigm, is also good, if not a little spendy for the tools themselves.