Go to RJ45 pass through connectors?

[Alan Ambrose]

Bit stumped today. I have some temp/humidity sensors with ~1m cable I want to add RJ45s to and also some CAT6 cable ditto.

 

I thought this would take 10 mins as I have some pass throughs around. Not so. Turns out the ones I have (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B088R5F3D2) accept a core diameter of 0.93 mm-1.04 mm.

 

My sensors have wire diameter of 1.15mm (around a 26awg core), the CAT6 has 1.3mm (around a 23AWG core). Neither fit, grrr. I'm looking at https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09BVMQPKH which say "core wire diameter 1.35-1.45mm (23AWG)". Probably fine for my CAT6, maybe not for the sensors.

 

Who knew we would be trading 0.1mm / 100 microns?

 

Anyone have quality pass throughs they recommend?

Edited April 6 by Alan Ambrose

[joth]

https://www.speedy-rj45.com/shielded-plug-for-xl-cable

 

[Alan Ambrose]

@joth thanks, then I'm seeing them available here: https://octopart.com/search?currency=USD&specs=0&start=0&q=PGSPDY3&s=1

 

[joth]

I've typically bought from https://bownetcms.co.uk/ as they had fairly good pricing on CAT6(a) too, but I haven't comparison shopped this for a few years.

 

Make sure you have the correct compatible crimping tool. And buy some spare blades while ordering ...

 

And remember to use the little plastic carrier to arrange the cores correctly before pushing them through.

 

[joth]

Plug PGSPDY2 requires tool TRCSPDY3 https://www.speedy-rj45.com/cat6a-shielded-feedthrough-plug

Plug PGSPDY3 requires tool TBSPDY2 https://www.speedy-rj45.com/shielded-plug-for-xl-cable

 

Well that's not confusing at all 🙄