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Webro HD100 A+ connectors?
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<blockquote data-quote="john_connett" data-source="post: 737117" data-attributes="member: 328410"><p>An update.</p><p></p><p>Contacted Thomas & Betts to see if they could offer an F-type connector solution for Webro HD100 A+ cable. From their repy: <em>"I have heard back from our engineers and they confirmed that we do not offer any connector for this cable at all".</em></p><p></p><p>Corning Cabelcon have supplied me with samples of their <strong>F56 Self-Install™ 4.9</strong>, <strong>GF-UE-6 03 (4.9 UltraEase™ equivalent)</strong>, and <strong>F56 CX3™ 4.9</strong>. The first two suffer from the same problem as the <strong>F-56 5.1 Self-Install™</strong> in that it is very difficult to <em>Press the connector over the cable until the dielectric is flush with the post interface</em>. I did manage to fit examples of these two. With the <strong>F56 Self-Install™ 4.9</strong> the outer part of the connector was not firmly fixed to the sheath of the cable. It floats backwards and forwards through about 3 mm. I suspect this would not interfere with correct operation. In the case of the <strong>GF-UE-6 03</strong> I placed an 11 mm socket over the nut and used a hammer to gently tap it into the correct position. Once compressed the fit is very good. I couldn't see how sufficient force could be applied to the <strong>F56 CX3™ 4.9</strong> to achieve the correct cable position within the connector without prematurely compressing it.</p><p></p><p>I would be interested to hear from anyone who has an easier method to fit F-type connectors to Webro HD100 A+ cable ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john_connett, post: 737117, member: 328410"] An update. Contacted Thomas & Betts to see if they could offer an F-type connector solution for Webro HD100 A+ cable. From their repy: [I]"I have heard back from our engineers and they confirmed that we do not offer any connector for this cable at all".[/I] Corning Cabelcon have supplied me with samples of their [B]F56 Self-Install™ 4.9[/B], [B]GF-UE-6 03 (4.9 UltraEase™ equivalent)[/B], and [B]F56 CX3™ 4.9[/B]. The first two suffer from the same problem as the [B]F-56 5.1 Self-Install™[/B] in that it is very difficult to [I]Press the connector over the cable until the dielectric is flush with the post interface[/I]. I did manage to fit examples of these two. With the [B]F56 Self-Install™ 4.9[/B] the outer part of the connector was not firmly fixed to the sheath of the cable. It floats backwards and forwards through about 3 mm. I suspect this would not interfere with correct operation. In the case of the [B]GF-UE-6 03[/B] I placed an 11 mm socket over the nut and used a hammer to gently tap it into the correct position. Once compressed the fit is very good. I couldn't see how sufficient force could be applied to the [B]F56 CX3™ 4.9[/B] to achieve the correct cable position within the connector without prematurely compressing it. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has an easier method to fit F-type connectors to Webro HD100 A+ cable ... [/QUOTE]
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