You will need:
110 punchdown block
Connecting Block
Cable
Punchdown tool
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Place a connecting block over the wires you just punched down. Note the color coding on the top of the connecting block should correspond to the BL-O-G convention. Make sure you match it correctly with your wires.
Use the punchdown tool (with the help of your thumb) to firmly seat the connecting block on the incoming cable wires.
Strip the jacket off the outgoing cable, order and separate the wires, and insert them into the grooves of the connecting block.
You must always remember the BL-O-G convention, and the white-blue, blue, white-orange, orange, etc order.
Complete the punchdown process again with the wires on the connecting block. Be aware of which side the cutter is on!
This process completes the connection between the two cables and secures the connecting block to the main 110 punchdown block.
Notice, once again, the color ordering of the wire strands, and the maintaining of the twists in the pairs up to within 1/2 inch (12 mm) of the block.
