Cat6 Keystone Jack, 90° 110 Punch Down, Economy (KEY6-90)

Most Cat6 jacks on a job don't need to be the best jack on the market; they need to terminate cleanly, pass the test, and cost little enough to install by the hundred. This Cat6 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 seven colors. For a shielded Cat6 run, the KEY6-SHD is the same jack in a metal housing; for the press-fit high-density Cat6 jack with JackRapid compatibility and PoE++ rating, the MIG6-90.

Features

• Cat6 performance. Eight-pin, eight-conductor, for Gigabit and 2.5G 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.
• Seven colors. Black, blue, gray, green, ivory, red, and white.

Where It Fits

It suits structured cabling installers terminating Cat6 drops by the hundred on a commercial fit-out where the budget is per jack, IT staff and in-house techs adding a jack to an office, a classroom, or a clinic, property managers and MDU installers who want a jack in a color that matches the plate, security and AV techs landing cameras and access points on Gigabit, 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 10G, and a job that already has the Cat6 bulk cable from the bulk copper collection and the WP2-series wall plates and keystone patch panels it snaps into. For a shielded Cat6 run, the KEY6-SHD; for the high-density press-fit Cat6 jack, the MIG6-90; for Cat6A and 10G, the MIG6A-90; for joining two plugged cords through a plate, the COU6-90 coupler.

Good to Know

Strip only as much jacket as the jack needs, keep the pair untwist short at the IDC, since untwist is what costs a Cat6 link its margin, 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; Cat6 solid is 23 or 24 AWG and 110 IDCs take that range, but check before terminating 22 AWG or stranded patch cable. Put the wire cap on after termination to hold the conductors and protect the IDC field. This jack isn't rated for PoE++ on the page the way the MIG series is; it carries standard PoE and PoE+ as any Cat6 jack does, and a 100 W 4PPoE run is the MIG6-90'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 KEY6-SHD to keep the drain path continuous. Keep it indoors; it's not a weatherproof part.

Specifications

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