I don't use that particular Klein tool, I use a more conventional, old-school RJ-45
crimper, Monoprice 2 piece RJ-45 with insert for CAT-6 and flush wire cutters. I have used Klein
tools for over 45 years and can't say anything bad about them but their marketing dept. dropped the ball on
amazon.com and on their
own web site regarding that particular tool.
I know you can't rely on many marketing images as they'll have someone from sales, marketing or the like (non-installers) posing with the tools, making videos, etc. so when I noticed the RJ-45 latch facing up, as a tech, my brain just had to note the colors. When I saw the colors wrong based on the latch I looked to see how they lined up with the cable color codes on the side of the tool. The person had them lined up BUT then I noticed that the problem was the color code on the tool was wrong, reversed from a previous image that showed them correctly. It appears the pin numbers AND the colors are wrong on the one image, like it was a prototype tool or something and they rushed to get the image to marketing, etc. Who knows....
just make sure YOUR tool has the correct one (see image at end).
One more thing........the "non-installers" are not showing the cable jacket being placed under the sharp jacket grip before crimp; they butt the jacket up against it but don't pass over it with the jacket; the 4 pair take any strain placed on the cable, not the jacket, as the sharp grip doesn't travel enough to hold the flattened 4 pair very well so strain is placed where the gold connector is crimped into the conductor at the end.
It just goes to show you....memorize the layout, understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. Reading, asking experienced people, watching instructional videos is all good but the best teacher is closing the book, getting your hands on it, making a few errors and figuring out how things really work and what you can do to make them work as designed.
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