ᐅ CAT cables in the utility room – not crimped?

Keystone is optimal and simple. I have installed nearly 400 pieces in the house. Now I can do it in my sleep.

First, find out whether type A or type B wiring is used in the sockets.

Get yourself an electronics side cutter, a heavy-duty wire cutter, and a small pipe wrench. Then a few Telegärtner AMJ-K or -S modules (with the correct type A or B) and two or three bottles of beer. And the matching module holder (patch panel).

Then enjoy an evening of fun with it. After one or two modules and three or four sips of beer, it goes smoothly.

Nowadays, modules are typically mounted and installed into electronic hollow wall boxes using appropriate carrier plates, or via a patch panel in the cabinet. Ideally, the entire setup should then be certified to Class Ea standard (testing).

We only use LSA+ in extreme emergencies.

rick2018 schrieb:

Keystone is optimal and simple. I installed nearly 400 units in the house. I can do it in my sleep now.

How does Keystone work? Do you have to pull out the individual 8 wires from the cable and wire them separately? You have to, otherwise it wouldn’t work, right?

Yes, but it really isn’t difficult.

kati1337 schrieb:

How does Keystone work? Do you have to pull apart the individual 8 wires from the cable and wire them separately? You have to, otherwise it won’t work, right?

You always have to terminate the wires; the advantage is more that later, if you want to make changes on the patch panel, you just need to plug and unplug there.

Edit: Regardless of that, I really think it’s a shame that an electrician doesn’t point out that just having the raw cables is not enough.
I mean, most of the people replying here know that. But to just assume that as an electrician?
*shakes head*

Right now I’m wondering if there are electricians who bring the power cables into the panel and then say, “Well, connecting them wasn’t part of the agreement. You’ll manage that yourself.”