Connecting Cat5 Cable To Wall Plate

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Connecting cat5 cable to wall plate. If you re not sure of the difference between the two check out. It works great but the installation is a little annoying in that you can t simply plug in a cat5 6 cable to the jack like some other products. Fosmon 1 gang wall plate 5 pack brush style opening passthrough low voltage cable plate in wall installation for speaker wires coaxial cables hdmi cables or network phone cables by fosmon 14 99 14. For coaxial wires you must crimp on a coax connector before connecting the wire to the wall plate.

Preserve the wire pair twists as close as possible to the point of termination. When connecting jacks and plugs do not untwist the cable more than 0 5 inches for category 5e 6 and 6a cable. This is a nice wall plate for the modern wired home to carry both coax and cat5 6. Here s a step by step guide to wiring your home with cat5e or cat6 ethernet cable.

After that it will just be a matter of running the ethernet cable between the outlet and your modem and wiring the cable to a special connector designed to fit inside the jack. Do not use the twist on connectors. Some parts of this animation visually enhance the wiring. Running a cable out of the wall to an rj45 connector may work but it will never be in spec in this case the spec expects you to use a patch cable and keystone.

The spec is designed for a stranded patch cable at each end keystone patch panel and solid cable in the walls. This post is republished from instructables. You can use a standard wire stripper to strip the coaxial cable but a custom coax stripper will give you a perfect cut.