AMP Champ

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An AMP Champ is a tool used to terminate the loose ends of a multi-pair cable into the plug ended AMP connector. The AMP Champ is a "butterfly" on which the colored wire pairs in a multi-pair cable are laid out in a defined order on one side of the tool. The AMP connector is mounted on the other side. A pair of levers crimps the wire ends into the pins of the AMP connector and cuts off the excess wire.

Many companies, including AMP, Amphenol, Cinch and Hirose make this connector which appeared first in the 1940s as a miniature version of the Amphenol "Blue Ribbon" connector. It's often referred to as a Telco or 25-pair connector. AMP connectors are most commonly seen today where a twenty-five (25) pair cable connects to an RJ-21X in a telephone room. These connectors come with protective caps, the color of which indicates the sex of the connector (red for female, blue for male).

Network connector usually called 25 pair Telco connector. Often used to link PABX's to a mainframe. Of the same series as the Micro ribbon or Centronics connector commonly used to interface with parallel computers, but has 50 pins instead of the 37 pins on the parallel printer interface. The wires are terminated to the connector using the 25-pair color code.

AMP is a division of Tyco.