- This series keystone jacks work together with high speed cables cords and panels to provide performance beyond proposed category 6 standards
2. A new feature of this series jack is a universal colored wiring label that eliminates the need for separate codes for T568A/B wiring scheme
Features:
1. Available in Cat6, T568A/B wiring schemes, meet or exceed TIA/EIA Cat6 requirements
2. Fits for 22/23/24AWG cables
3. Housing: High temperature thermoplastic
4. Compact jack design, 8 positions and 8 conductors
5. Contact: Phosphor bronze, phosphor bronze with 6 to 50μ "gold plate
6. Accept 22-26 AWG solid with a insulation diameter of 0.4-0.6 mm
7. Easy to be terminated, low attenuation loss and high return loss
8. High reliability and superior performance
9. Material of the FCC connectors 8-pin of the RJ45 jack: Phosphor bronze with golden plated 3, 6, 15, 30, 50U at optional
Toolless keystone jacks are characterized by:
- Hinged cap (either 90 degree or 180 degree) that is used to push the conductor wires into the IDC (insulation displacement connector) metal contact prongs
- Separate color coded wiring cap, used to pre-thread and pre-seat the conductor wires into the proper sequence
- Zip tie to keep the toolless mechanism closed in some cases
- Often a strain relief bar that keeps cable jacket pressure from shifting conductor wires and causing a loose connection (usually the zip tie goes around the cable jacket and this bar). This causes the overall jack length to be longer.
- Generally, more parts to lose
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A TRULY TOOLLESS KEYSTONE JACK
You will always require cable cutting, stripping, and preparation tools. Toolless simply means you won’t need a dedicated punch down tool to seat the conductors into the IDC prongs.
Toolless keystone jacks will also be far easier to close with the help of channel lock pliers, and is especially true for shielded Ethernet cable or cable with thick insulated conductors like Cat6A types.
Here is a quick couple of pictures to show the general sequence of toolless keystone jack termination: