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southernrain_nc
December 14th, 2004, 06:35 AM
I too am having great problems with my cable in my house. I too have the Ideal twist on f-connector and I am trying to replace them all with he Digicon snap-n-seal connector.
I have no idea on how to even prepair the wire correctly. I am using a 3-blade ideal cable stripper. I have different types of RG-6. I have RG-6u white wire Quad shielding and RG-6u black shield wire (non-quad) and a orange RG-6 quad shield with icky stuff coating on it.
Am I suppose to take the outer wire starnds and lay it back over the jacket before trying to insert the Comprression fitting?
I have tried to lay it over and also leave it be, and neither way can I get the fitting to insert over the white insulator before compressing it.
I have been using the Blue Digicon DS6-01-01 before compressing over the standard RG6 cable, and it won't slide in. I have tried pliers and even heating up the jacket, nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong?
Should I be trying to use the Green Digicon connector instead?
I really need step by step detailed instructions on doing this right. Thank you in advance. My cut riddled fingers thank you in advance. :)[/COLOR]

Jacksnap
December 14th, 2004, 02:51 PM
See the unregistered post for comments. Looks like same post.
Thanks.
Jack

mdshunk
December 14th, 2004, 04:44 PM
RED snap-n-seal's are for RG59
BLUE snap-n-seal's are for RG6
PURPLE snap-n-seal's are for RG6 QS
BLACK snap-n-seals are for RG6 icky pick (orange stuff)

You have to be a little careful inserting the connector on, and do it straight. The outer braid does get folded back over the jacket, and the innter "tube" of the snap-n-seal goes between the braid and the white dielectric. Sometimes a "screwing" motion will help the connector slide on better. I have pretty strong hands from years of work, and don't really have any trouble getting them inserted on. Some of my co-workers have one heck of a time. If the innter "tube" of the connector starts to dig into the white dielectric, you might as well cut the end off and start over. The inner tube is exactly the same diameter as the white dielectric.