CAT6 RJ45 Shielded Quick-Feed Connector – Pass-Through for Cable OD Under 6.5mm (PLG-R45-CAT6-ESS)

This is a shielded pass-through RJ45 plug for Cat6 cable. It fits solid or stranded round cable, 23 to 26 AWG, with a jacket under 6.5 mm. The eight conductors slide in the back of the plug and out the front, so you check the color order by eye before the crimp tool trims them flush and closes the contacts. The channels hold the pairs straight and in line rather than staggered, and a strain relief bar closes around the jacket with the crimp. The shell is copper alloy, the one-piece housing is clear polycarbonate, and the contacts are copper alloy with 50 µin of gold, sized for conductors insulated to 0.93 to 1.04 mm. It's UL rated and good for 1,200 mating cycles, and it comes in packs of 25, 50, and 100 for making shielded Cat6 patch cords to length. For unshielded cable, the PLG-R45-CAT6-EAS is the same plug without the shell; for shielded cable with large 1.35 to 1.45 mm conductors, the PLG-R45-CAT6-ESE.

Features

• Pass-through. Conductors feed through the front of the plug so the wiring order is verified before the crimp.
• Shielded. Copper alloy shell bonds to the cable shield.
• For solid or stranded round Cat6, 23 to 26 AWG. Cable OD under 6.5 mm; conductor insulation 0.93 to 1.04 mm.
• In-line channels. Pairs sit straight across, not staggered.
• Strain relief bar. Closes around the jacket with the crimp.
• One-piece clear housing. Polycarbonate, UL94V-2; no separate insert.
• 50 µin gold-plated contacts. 8P8C, copper alloy blades.
• UL rated. 250 V AC at 2 A; 20 lb cable-to-plug tensile strength; 1,200 mating cycles.
• Packs of 25, 50, and 100.

Where It Fits

It suits structured cabling crews terminating shielded Cat6 to plugs in a plant that runs F/UTP end to end and wanting every termination checked before it's committed, data center and network techs making shielded patch cords to length and tired of cutting off plugs with two conductors swapped, industrial and plant networks that shield against the VFDs and the welders, broadcast and AV racks where the Ethernet runs beside power and audio, telecom and datacom installers who want one shielded Cat6 plug for every job in the truck, and a job that already has the shielded bulk Cat6, a pass-through RJ45 crimp tool, the FOIL-001 copper strips, and the shielded keystone jacks from the copper collections. For the jacks at the other end of the cord, the KEY6-SHD and MIG6A-SHD; for the boot, the BOT-R45-58 for cable up to 6.0 mm or the BOT-R45-68 for cable up to 6.8 mm; for unshielded cable, the PLG-R45-CAT6-EAS; for thick shielded cable up to 8.0 mm, the PLG-R45-CAT6-ESE.

Good to Know

A pass-through plug needs a pass-through crimp tool, the kind with a blade at the front of the die that shears the conductors flush with the plug face as it crimps. A standard RJ45 tool closes the contacts but leaves the ends sticking out, where they short against each other or the jack's shield. Check the face after every crimp and make sure no copper stands proud. Measure the cable before ordering: this plug is for 23 to 26 AWG conductors insulated to 0.93 to 1.04 mm and a jacket under 6.5 mm, which covers most shielded Cat6, but thick-jacketed shielded cable runs over 6.5 mm and thick-insulated conductors over 1.04 mm, and either one wants the PLG-R45-CAT6-ESE. A shielded plug only shields if the shell is bonded to the cable's shield and the jack at the other end is shielded too, so fold the foil or braid back over the jacket where the shell lands, lay the drain wire along it, and use shielded jacks and patch panels throughout; one unshielded link in the chain turns the shield into an antenna. Bond the shield at one end only unless the two ends share a ground. Strip, untwist as little as possible, feed the conductors through in T568B order until the jacket is under the strain relief bar, confirm the order on the far side, then crimp. The boot goes on the cable before the plug, not after. In-line channels mean the conductors have to be flat and in order going in; if one rides up over its neighbor, back it out and re-lay the row rather than forcing it.

Specifications

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