How to strip Cat.7 S/FTP PiMF Ethernet Cable

ID: 158736

Description: Cat.7 S/FTP PiMF cables are high-performance...

Steps:

1. Use wire cutters to make a clean cut on the end of the cable you want to strip.

2. Grip the cable with a stripping tool for communication cables and twist it to cut the mantle.
3. Pull off the mantle.
4. It depends on what you want to do with the wire, but usually stripping off about 5cm is a pretty good starting point.

5. Pull back the grounding mesh and twist it around the first cm of still insulated cable.
6. You can leave the excess, but if you want to cut it, make sure to leave at least about 1cm.

7. Spread out the twisted pairs to make them easier to work with.

8. Unwrap the shielding a bit and nick it at the base with some electronics side cutters.
9. If you will wire this cable in a terminal block instead of a Keystone or crimping on a connector, you should just remove the minimum amount of shielding needed to properly punch down the connection.
10. Make sure to not damage the delicate insulation of the individual wires.
11. Rip off the shielding.
12. Repeat for all four twisted pairs.

13. Stripping the wire itself is optional, depending on what you want to do with it. P. ex. if you are going to punch it down into an LSA Plus block, you don't need to strip the wire.
14. Grip the wire with the 0.3 mm notch and pull off the insulation or use automatic wire strippers.
15. Stripping off 1cm is usually enough.