What's the best way to fix a Cat5e?

[MinPins]

I thought I was being VERY careful with my drill today, even so I slipped and accidentally mangled 3 Cat5e cables that were in a bundle above the 2x4 I was drilling through. the cables actually got wrapped around the drill bit and the insulation got stripped off and wires were broken. Many expletives went echoing off of the walls in that room!

I can sometimes do incredibly stupid things.

It is impossible for me to run new cables, there is no way to gain access to the cable path without hacking big holes in the sheetrock walls of a finished house. So what is the best way to fix this big mistake?

My solution was to cut the cables, add a RJ45 to one side and a keystone jack to the other and simply connect them. I was wondering if this is an optimal solution or is there a better solution out there?

Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 12106]

http://www.firefold.com/Cat5E-Inline-Splicer-Junction-Box-P1756.aspx

Not sure how big if a gap you got, but 6 of these and some new cat5 could make a quick fix. Keep the twists tight.

 

[valve1138]

Yeah, you can do exactly what you described. It'll be fine.

Or alternatively, cut jacks on both ends and use a short patch cable.

 

[MinPins]

http://www.firefold.com/Cat5E-Inline-Splicer-Junction-Box-P1756.aspx

Not sure how big if a gap you got, but 6 of these and some new cat5 could make a quick fix. Keep the twists tight.

I've never seen these before. Has anyone used them? Review?

 

[shinygecko]

Or use something such as this for each wire that is damaged.


http://www.amazon.com/Butt-Splice-Wire-Connector-Filled/dp/B000AAJ9WK

I have actually made this mistake quite a few times when using a spade bit and its not pretty,,,,,

 

[MinPins]

Or use something such as this for each wire that is damaged.

http://www.amazon.com/Butt-Splice-Wire-Connector-Filled/dp/B000AAJ9WK

I have actually made this mistake quite a few times when using a spade bit and its not pretty,,,,,

I'm thinking these could really crush the cable throughput. Maintaining the twists until termination is key AFAIK, these seem like they would be similar to just twisting the wires together. No?

 

[MinPins]

*edit* I removed this post since it did not add to the thread.

 

[surrealillusion]

I'm no cabler but I would imagine using surface mount boxes like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10517&cs_id=1051705&p_id=2040&seq=1&format=2

will allow you to re-terminate the undamaged portions of the cable then link them up with a few patch cables?