Joining cat 6 cables

danswan

danswan

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Last year I put 2 cat6 ports in all the upstairs rooms and got a load of cables ready for the downstairs/ which I'm now doing. Unfortunately I must have been on the crack pipe at the time as all the cables are way to short to reach where I want them to go. I know it's not ideal but there's enough on them to reach under the floor downstairs, I then want to join them to a new bit of cable to reach the sockets. Running longer cable isn't an option.

I've seen loads of these joiners which just take an rj45 on either side, but this would mean crimping a load of plugs on. I've also seen one on the rainforest site which you can just punch down, that's what I want but they're a fiver each and I'm sure I can get cheaper - I need 6 of them.

Any idea if or where I can get these?

Thanks
 
Crimp plugs and choc blocks.
Solder and shrink wrap.
Or punch down krone style.

Or use the short cables to pull longer ones through. :)
 
Cables can't be pulled through, they are plastered into the wall. I'm looking for the quickest and easiest way, really don't fancy getting the soldering iron out ..
 
With the IDC couplers you're on the right track. Personally I'd crimp plugs on, but I already have all the necessary tooling available.

Anything involving soldering irons, heat shrink, choc-blocks, etc. is a terrible idea. They're exactly the sort of thing you run into when you get called in to fix network cabling installed by electricians.
 
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