"JustDave" wrote in message
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"Alan D." wrote in message
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Hello everyone,
I have a phone extension cord pulled from one side of a room to another
one
(around the room, under the carpet). The thing is that the extension
cord
is
way too long, which results in big bundle of unused cable at the
"output"
location. I'd like to cut the cable down, and re-attach a new phone plug
onto the new end. My y question is - is there a way of attaching a plug
onto
the cable without that special "crimping" tool. I don't really feel like
buying this tool just to do a one time job (I will if I need to) but
thought
that perhaps there's another way of doing this. I'd greatly appreciate
any
information or advice. Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Alan D.


Cut the plug and a few inches of wire off the cord. Cut off the excess
wire.
Re-splice the red and green wires - twist will work, solder is better.
Tape
joint. Done.

Bet you never tried to splice cheap modular flat cable. Ain't no red and
green to it, if it is the typical clear/silver stuff, and most cases, just
microscopic copper strands, almost foil. I have done it, but it was tedious
and not very reliable. OP should just buy a shorter cable, or wire a real
outlet (using surface mount, if needed, with cable hidden in carpet crack
behind tack strip, if it is wall-to-wall), or just chill out and restring
the wire, and tuck the rolled-up excess in a less noticable spot like behind
a table or something. It would be cheaper than buying the crimping tool and
bag of connectors, probably.

aem sends...