Had a job in a 1920s house in Portland yesterday... realized I've been crimping my RJ31X jacks wrong for years.

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Honestly, that's probably the best way to learn! Getting it wrong for so long means you've built up a ton of muscle memory doing it your way. Changing it now is just going to slow you down for no real benefit.

ellis.felix1d ago

Muscle memory is a stubborn thing, right? You've probably wired a thousand jacks with your own special method. At this point, calling it 'wrong' is just a matter of opinion. If the phones still ring, you built a functional system. Maybe the 1920s house was judging your technique.