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

This is an unshielded 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. It's 10 Gigabit certified, frequency rated to 1 GHz, and rated for PoE+ power transmission. It's sold individually. For a shielded tool-less Cat6A plug, the CAT6ASH-PLG; for a crimp-style Cat6A plug, the PLG-R45-CT6AS.

Features

• Flexes 90 degrees down, 45 degrees up. Cords hang vertically from the panel or plate and stay out of the way.
• 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.
• Sold individually.

Where It Fits

It suits data center and network techs dressing a 48-port patch panel where every cord has to turn down the moment it leaves the port, structured cabling crews finishing wall plates in offices where a cord that sticks straight out gets kicked, AV and rack builders who want the patch field to read as a clean vertical curtain, anyone terminating Cat6A to a plug in a shallow enclosure or behind a wall-mounted device where there's no room for the bend radius, installers who'd rather snap a plug down than crimp it and re-terminate if the tester says no, and a job that already has the bulk Cat6A, the keystone jacks, and a cable stripper from the copper collections. For the jacks at the other end of the cord, the MIG6A-90 and KEY6-90; for a shielded tool-less plug, 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 unshielded Cat5e, Cat6, or Cat6A, thick-jacketed outdoor and riser cable included. Strip the jacket, untwist only as far as the contacts need, 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. 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. The housing has no shield shell, so this is for unshielded cable; shielded cable needs the shielded version so the drain wire has somewhere to go. 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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