Connecting Cat5 Cable To Wall Plate

Demonstration of how to connect a cat6 cable into an antsig wall plate.

Connecting cat5 cable to wall plate.

Preserve the wire pair twists as close as possible to the point of termination. This post is republished from instructables. 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. If you re not sure of the difference between the two check out.

Then trace and cut out a hole for the wall plate that you ll use to mount the jack itself. This is a nice wall plate for the modern wired home to carry both coax and cat5 6. The spec is designed for a stranded patch cable at each end keystone patch panel and solid cable in the walls. 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.

Always use connectors wall plates and patch panels that are compatible same rating or higher with the grade of the cable used. Some parts of this animation visually enhance the wiring. When connecting jacks and plugs do not untwist the cable more than 0 5 inches for category 5e 6 and 6a cable. For coaxial wires you must crimp on a coax connector before connecting the wire to the wall plate.

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. Do not use the twist on connectors. Do not strip t.