CAT6A/CAT7 RJ45 Shielded Flex Connector – PoE++ for Cable OD Up to 9.0mm (CAT6AFLX-S)

This is a shielded tool-less RJ45 plug for Cat6A cable with a flexible body. The plug bends 90 degrees down or 45 degrees up at the cable entry, so a cord can hang straight down from a patch panel or wall plate instead of sticking out into the aisle. It fits solid or stranded Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6A cable, 22 to 26 AWG, with a jacket up to 9.0 mm. It terminates without a crimp tool. You strip the cable, lay the conductors into the machine-set contacts, and snap the body down, and the only tool you need is a cable stripper. The housing is metal, so it bonds to the cable's shield and keeps EMI out. It's 10 Gigabit certified, frequency rated to 1 GHz, rated for PoE+ power transmission, and TAA compliant. It's sold individually. For unshielded cable, the CAT6AFLX-U is the same plug without the metal housing; for a shielded tool-less Cat6A plug without the flex, the CAT6ASH-PLG.

Features

• Flexes 90 degrees down, 45 degrees up. Cords hang vertically from the panel or plate and stay out of the way.
• Shielded. Metal housing bonds to the cable shield and blocks EMI.
• Tool-less termination. Strip, insert, and snap down; no crimp tool.
• For Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6A cable, 22 to 26 AWG. Solid or stranded; cable OD up to 9.0 mm.
• 10 Gigabit certified. Frequency rated to 1 GHz.
• PoE+ rated.
• Machine-set contact height.
• TAA compliant.
• Sold individually.

Where It Fits

It suits data center and network techs dressing a shielded 48-port patch panel where every cord has to turn down the moment it leaves the port, structured cabling crews finishing shielded wall plates in offices where a cord that sticks straight out gets kicked, industrial and plant networks that shield against the VFDs and the welders and still want the patch field tidy, broadcast and AV racks where the Ethernet runs beside power and audio, anyone terminating shielded Cat6A to a plug in a shallow enclosure or behind a wall-mounted device where there's no room for the bend radius, government and contract jobs that need TAA-compliant parts, and a job that already has the shielded bulk Cat6A, the shielded keystone jacks, the FOIL-001 copper strips, and a cable stripper from the copper collections. For the jacks at the other end of the cord, the MIG6A-SHD and KEY6-SHD; for unshielded cable, the CAT6AFLX-U; for a shielded tool-less plug without the flex, the CAT6ASH-PLG; for a crimp plug, the PLG-R45-CT6AS.

Good to Know

Measure the cable before ordering: this plug takes 22 to 26 AWG conductors under a jacket up to 9.0 mm, which is nearly any shielded Cat5e, Cat6, or Cat6A, thick-jacketed outdoor and industrial cable included. Strip the jacket, fold the braid or foil back over it where the housing's shield clamp lands, lay the eight conductors in T568B order (the same at both ends), seat them in the contacts, and snap the body closed; the contacts cut the insulation as the body closes, so don't strip the individual conductors. A shielded plug only shields if the housing is bonded to the cable's shield and the jack at the other end is shielded too, so use shielded jacks and panels throughout, and bond the shield at one end only unless the two ends share a ground. The flex is for routing, not for repeated motion: set the angle once when you dress the cord and leave it, since a plug that's flexed back and forth every day will wear sooner than one that's parked. A Cat6A plug makes a Cat6A link only with Cat6A cable and Cat6A jacks; on Cat5e or Cat6 cable it terminates fine and the link tests to the cable's category. On PoE+ runs, keep the bundle loose and don't unplug under load, since the arc on break lands on the contacts. The down-angle hangs the cord's weight off the port rather than cantilevering it out, which is easier on the jack's latch over the years.

Specifications

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