Crimp Tool For Shielded CAT5e

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I don’t do a ton of LV, but this just came up.

I’m running a bunch of shielded cat5 and I’m wondering if there is a specialty tool for making crimps on the shielded connectors, to properly crimp the metal sleeve to the shield?

The interwebs are unsurprisingly both overwhelming and uninformative at the same time. 🥲😂
 
On the female/keystone side, I'm not aware of any. When I did my house 10 years ago with 6A, there was a tool to set the conductors into the keystone itself and evenly press them in all at once (as opposed to a 110 style impact tool to do one at a time), but for the shield I'd peel back the webbing, close and snap the clamshell around it, then trim off the whiskers with a pair of mini-dikes. For the male, I would just buy what I wanted and not fuss with making my own.
 
ModbusMan said:
When I did my house 10 years ago with 6A, there was a tool to set the conductors into the keystone itself and evenly press them in all at once (as opposed to a 110 style impact tool to do one at a time)
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Sure. I have the one for Leviton CAT5e unshielded keystones that I use all the time.

Not sure which end the OP is looking for. Keep in mind that the shielding carries through the jack and plug. Here is a typical plug. Notice how the outside of the plug is the ground and how it connects with the ground from the cable.

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The keystone jack is quite a bit more complicated than the usual unshielded ones. The instruction sheet is here: https://www.alldataresource.com/ass...sX1_Shielded_Connectors_5ESJK_61SJK_6ASJK.pdf

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All manufacturers are different. The plug requires the specific crimp tool from the manufacturer. Not all keystone jacks are the same either. So, whatever manufacturer you pick you have to go to their website to see the installation instructions and what tools to use. Good reason to pick one you like and stay with that one.


-Hal
 
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I have a Klein Tools 80024 RJ45 crimp tool for pass-thru connectors that does unshielded and shielded. Off hand, I don't remember doing any shielded, but it works fine on unshielded.
 
Thanks for all the replies.

I contacted the manufacturer and they have a tool for their specific shielded male ends that I bought.

Just wrapped the drain wire around and crimped it under the ferrule and put a piece of heat shrink over it. 👍
 
Just curious what you are running shielded CAT5 (I think you meant CAT5E) for?

We have not installed anything less than CAT6E or CAT6A for the last 10 years. We never install shielded cable unless it for a specific application which is typically some proprietary communication not Ethernet.
 
Seven-Delta-FortyOne said:
Spec’ed on the plans. For some reason cat5e was all that was required, not 6.
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Is is just for standard Ethernet? If so I would send an RFI. Sounds like a old spec or someone that has no clue.

2.5G and 10G are becoming more common. 2.5 can be run on GOOD, NAME brand CAT5E cable but for 10G you will want at least CAT6.
 
It’s from the PLC to the individual control panels in a water treatment plant.

The EE for the treatment equipment and I have had many many email exchanges and phone conversations about this project. Whole ‘Nother story about this project. It went out to bid with zero controls wiring, then they kicked down 38 pages of control wiring plans, and asked if I would do it. 😳🙄

But anyway, he said that CAT5e is plenty good enough, but spec’ed shielded.
 
Seven-Delta-FortyOne said:
It’s from the PLC to the individual control panels in a water treatment plant.

The EE for the treatment equipment and I have had many many email exchanges and phone conversations about this project. Whole ‘Nother story about this project. It went out to bid with zero controls wiring, then they kicked down 38 pages of control wiring plans, and asked if I would do it. 😳🙄

But anyway, he said that CAT5e is plenty good enough, but spec’ed shielded.
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Oh, OK. I don't have that much experience for that use. If it was for standard Ethernet I would be pushing to do it my way. :)
 
Seven-Delta-FortyOne said:
It’s from the PLC to the individual control panels in a water treatment plant.
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But anyway, he said that CAT5e is plenty good enough, but spec’ed shielded.
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Sounds reasonable... PLC/HMI comms work just fine at 10Mb speeds (aside... it's the only option on Caterpillar's latest EMCP 4.x family of generator controllers, apart from Modbus/485), but in an industrial environment EMT or LFMC isn't always a sure-fire guarantee of noise-free links, and switching to fiber would be overkill unless you had to run a link halfway down the plant floor.
 
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