Jeremy,
I’m lost. Why do you use shielded keystone jacks on every install? Use a surge suppressor on the outside of the house. Shielded cable to that. Unshielded cable from the surge suppressor to inside the house (I assume your installing a keystone jack in the wall, which is certainly above and beyond and a nice touch). I know most WISP’s pull the cable straight thru. When I was an installer I was a contractor (Mesa Networks didn’t use employee installers) and I would charge customers $15 to install a keystone and a faceplate. Took me maybe an additional 5 minutes, but customers loved how much nicer it looked and the ISP (Mesa) didn’t care. Was an extra $45 to $60 I made a day (and materials are cheap). Thank you, Daniel White <mailto:afmu...@gmail.com> afmu...@gmail.com Cell: +1 (303) 746-3590 Skype: danieldwhite Social: <http://www.linkedin.com/in/danielwhite84> LinkedIn: <https://twitter.com/DanielWhite84> Twitter From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy Sent: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 11:56 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shielded keystone jacks Nope, we use these on every install. We need cheap. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com <mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote: If this is for a high density patch panel application, I guess I would tend toward Panduit. Good stuff, ain’t cheap though. http://www.panduit.com/heiler/InstallInstructions/N-COPN--399--RevG--ENG.pdf From: Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:26 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shielded keystone jacks Line from the radio goes to your RJ45-ECS. The ECS in our case goes to our NEMA enclosure. If you're trying to a rackmounted patch panel the ECS isn't a solution, but I thought I'd offer my solution for this problem. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com <mailto:af...@kwisp.com> > wrote: I have tried many and hated them all. Closest I found was some Signamax jacks I bought from Accu-Tech in Romeoville, IL. I’m not sure I follow what Josh is saying, but maybe same as what I would probably do. I know how to crimp on a shielded RJ45 plug, and they make shielded pass-through keystone jacks. Basically a panel mount inline coupler. From: Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:07 AM To: af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shielded keystone jacks If it's outside what I do is RJ45-ECS (they changed to shielded a while back, same part number) and that goes to a WB SS. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 <tel:937-552-2340> Direct: 937-552-2343 <tel:937-552-2343> 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com <mailto:jeremysmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: I prefer Union Special Tech keystone jacks, but holy crap they are hard to find in the US! For their shielded jacks, they have a little lock ring that locks the cable down tight (strain relief), and provides an awesome ground. That strain relief looks like this http://www.netkey.ru/content/img/wmc_pictures/2008/9/img/kj2-c6-sh-f-wh.jpg That model is KJ2-C5E-FS, and I am having an extremely difficult time finding it. I have found these in the past for around $1 ea. All I am finding now are these crappy ones that I can't stand for around $2-3 ea. https://www.firefold.com/cat5e-keystone-jack-110-shielded?gclid=CIztiaGOrsgCFc-FfgodwGsLwg What are you guys using for shielded keystone jacks? Any good sources for them at reasonable prices? I am looking to buy 1000. I have contacted the manufacturer in Taiwan on multiple occasions and do not get a reply. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
