The are a few reason why the RJ connector fails. One
is the clip from the connector breaks off. Easily
fixed. The other one is the pins in the female
connector bends in too badly until it does not connect
well to the ICD2 connector. Both can be fixed... As I
see it any cable fails with frequent meddling.

John

--- "Pearce, AB (Alan)" <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk> wrote:

> >Pearce, AB (Alan) wrote:
> >> It seems to me that these connectors are not made
> for regular mates
> and
> >> demates. They are designed for a small number of
> uses, such as they
> >> would normally get when used in telephony
> service.
> >
> >But how often do you change cables on the ICD2
> itself?  The target end
> of
> >the cable gets a lot of use, but the ICD2 end?  I
> try to avoid giving
> mine
> >any use at all, but when I'm stuck using a ICD2 I
> rarely plug/unplug
> the
> >cable at the ICD2.
> 
> I agree Olin, but the OP sounded like they unplug it
> often. I may be
> wrong here, but that was the way the posting came
> across to me.
> 
> If they don't then it does sound like unit should
> get a repair, possibly
> because a substitute connector was used in it.
> 
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