Cat5e Keystone Jack, 90° 110 Punch Down, Economy (KEY5E-90)

A Cat5e drop being re-terminated, extended, or added to a building that was wired a decade ago wants a jack that matches the cable and costs what a jack installed by the hundred should. This Cat5e keystone jack is the economy line built for that: a 90 degree 110-type IDC jack with phosphor bronze IDC contacts, brass plug contacts with a minimum 50 microinches of gold over nickel, and a fire-retardant housing and PCB both rated UL 94 V-0. The T568A and T568B color codes are printed on the jack, so the pairs land right without a reference card, and it terminates with a standard 110 punch-down tool and snaps into any standard keystone opening in a wall plate, surface box, or patch panel. A wire cap is included to protect the termination. EIA/TIA compliant, in eight colors so the ports can be coded by use. For a shielded Cat5e run, the KEY5E-SHD is the same jack in a metal case; for the press-fit high-density Cat5e jack with JackRapid compatibility and PoE++ rating, the MIG5E-90; for Cat6 drops, the KEY6-90.

Features

• Cat5e performance. Eight-pin, eight-conductor, for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit links.
• 90 degree 110-type IDC termination. Punches down with a standard 110 tool; integrated T568A and T568B wiring guide and labels on every jack.
• Gold-plated plug contacts. Brass with a minimum 50 microinches of gold over nickel for corrosion resistance and a clean connection.
• Phosphor bronze IDC contacts. Conductivity and wear resistance through repeated terminations.
• UL 94 V-0 housing and PCB. Fire-retardant plastic housing, flame-retardant PCB, nylon termination terminals.
• Wire cap included. Protects the termination.
• Eight colors. Black, blue, gray, green, ivory, red, white, and yellow.

Where It Fits

It suits structured cabling installers re-terminating or extending existing Cat5e drops by the hundred, property managers and small-office networks adding a jack to a building wired in Cat5e, VoIP and phone installs that run handsets on Cat5e and want a tidy wall connection, security and access control techs landing cameras and readers on PoE where Gigabit is plenty, MDU and residential installers who want a jack in a color that matches the plate, a patch field that codes voice, data, and cameras by jack color, anyone who has priced a premium jack for a closet that will never see more than Gigabit, and a job that already has the Cat5e bulk cable from the bulk copper collection and the WP2-series wall plates and keystone patch panels it snaps into. For a shielded Cat5e run, the KEY5E-SHD; for the high-density press-fit Cat5e jack, the MIG5E-90; for Cat6 drops, the KEY6-90; for joining two plugged Cat5e cords through a plate, the COU5E-90 coupler in the same colors.

Good to Know

Strip only as much jacket as the jack needs, keep the pair untwist short at the IDC, and punch each conductor down on the 110 contact with a 110 blade in one firm stroke, cut side out, matching the color to the A or B label on the jack; use one standard across the building. The page doesn't state a wire gauge; Cat5e solid is 24 AWG and 110 IDCs take 22 to 26, so most cable is fine, but check before terminating stranded patch cable. Put the wire cap on after termination to hold the conductors and protect the IDC field. A Cat5e jack caps the channel at Cat5e, so don't put one on a Cat6 run and expect Cat6 test results; use the KEY6-90 there, and use this one where the cable is Cat5e anyway. Gigabit runs fine over Cat5e, which is what most of these jacks end up carrying. This jack isn't rated for PoE++ on the page the way the MIG series is; it carries standard PoE and PoE+ as any Cat5e jack does, and a 100 W 4PPoE run is the MIG5E-90's job until the supplier says otherwise. Count the jack as a connection in the channel budget, four across 100 m. It's unshielded, so it belongs on UTP cable; a shielded run needs the KEY5E-SHD. Keep it indoors; it's not a weatherproof part.

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