Mystery Klein tool?
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WildwoodChuck
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Coax/F Connector
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SilverDeck
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Nailed it! For hooking up co-axial cable. Use one from time to time at work to connect/disconnect the fittings to deeply-recessed grommets in wall plates. It's one of those specialty tools that is a godsend when you need it!
FigureItOut
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OP, is there a part number on that? I want one.
Edit: Found it. It's discontinued but I found one on eBay for $18. This'll come in handy.
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Edit: Found it. It's discontinued but I found one on eBay for $18. This'll come in handy.
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Ideal makes one, too. 35-046. Around 18 to 20 bucks.
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FigureItOut
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Thanks, just ordered the Klein. I have the Ideal BNC tool, didn't know they had an F connector version. I wonder why Klein discontinued theirs.
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I'm not sure about the residential/construction side of thing but in the entertainment industry, anything that used to be an F connector is now ether BNC or become an RJ45. Though I personally prefer the stuff that's switched over to EtherCon.
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That PT540, I would have loved to have one of those a few years ago when I never knew what I was going to run into cabling wise. Actually, now that I see it, I still want to get one.
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there are less expensive versions like this
probably 3 or 4 dollars
look for coax security tool etc
probably 3 or 4 dollars
look for coax security tool etc
Richard Cranium
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thanks for the info.
Every TV that I have seen since 300 ohm flat wire went out of style and the cable company seem to be committed to F connectors. It is clearly not the greatest, using the cable as the center conductor but there sure is a lot of it.
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True, the last time I used an F connector was when I hooked up my Tivo, but I'm guessing that in the next couple of years TV's won't have them any more ether as they become displays without tuners.
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loudog212
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Cable guy here. While that tool might not be widely used in the home, cable headends are 80% coax. That is a VERY handy tool to have when you need to connect a cable in the back of a rack that has a few hundred cables in it. Finger space is often limited and when you get the motion down you can connect and disconnect a cable in seconds with it. Here is an example of where it might be used, and this rack is only 1/3 full
NoahG
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Super useful in patch bays. Some people call them a 'Trompeter' after one company that makes them.
decableguy2000
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This place to use those tools. That rack is only partially full, keeps from getting alligator bites on your arms from the zip ties.
Cable guy here. While that tool might not be widely used in the home, cable headends are 80% coax. That is a VERY handy tool to have when you need to connect a cable in the back of a rack that has a few hundred cables in it. Finger space is often limited and when you get the motion down you can connect and disconnect a cable in seconds with it. Here is an example of where it might be used, and this rack is only 1/3 full
Wamsutta
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The short end is for holding the F connector while you insert the coaxial cable. Just in case somebody was wondering.
48RON54
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Thanks for posting. I inherited one of those with a tool box and was wondering what it was for. I thought maybe drum brake tool but the Klein written on it and the threaded end had my quite stumped.