Cat6A Keystone Jack, 180° Tool-less (MIG6A-180)

A 10 Gigabit drop in a shallow box or a dense panel wants a jack the cable can enter from straight behind, with no bend to steal margin. This Cat6A keystone jack terminates at 180 degrees, so the cable comes in from the rear in line with the plug, on 110 and Krone compatible IDCs that take a standard punch-down blade or, with the IDC cap, close by hand with no tool at all. It's component rated for 10GBASE-T to 100 m, on an FR4 PCB with phosphor bronze IDC contacts and 50 microinches of gold on the plug contacts, in an ABS and polycarbonate housing rated UL 94 V-0. The pair-keeping design holds each pair twisted to the contact, the T568A and T568B color codes are printed on the jack, and it takes solid or stranded 23 to 26 AWG. It's rated for PoE++ at 100 W under 802.3bt, 750 mating cycles, and a 7.7 kg plug retention, and it snaps into any standard keystone opening in a wall plate, surface box, or patch panel. UL compliant to ANSI/TIA-568.2-D, in black, blue, and white. For the shielded version of the same 180 degree jack, the MIG6A-SHD; for the 90 degree unshielded Cat6A jack, the MIG6A-90.

Features

• Cat6A, component rated for 10G to 100 m. ANSI/TIA-568.2-D performance through the jack, not just the channel.
• 180 degree rear termination. Cable enters straight from behind, for shallow boxes and high-density panels; slim profile.
• 110 and Krone punch down, or tool-less. Takes either punch-down blade, or closes with the IDC cap and no tool.
• Pair-keeping design. Holds the pairs twisted to the IDC for the untwist 10G needs.
• PoE++ ready. 802.3bt 4PPoE up to 100 W.
• Gold-plated plug contacts, phosphor bronze IDCs. 50 µin gold over nickel; 750 mating cycles minimum; 7.7 kg plug retention.
• Solid and stranded 23 to 26 AWG. Integrated T568A and T568B wiring label.
• ABS and polycarbonate housing, UL 94 V-0. In black, blue, and white.

Where It Fits

It suits structured cabling installers terminating Cat6A drops in shallow boxes, surface mounts, and furniture raceways where a 90 degree jack won't fit behind the plate, data center and server room techs landing Cat6A to a high-density rack panel for 10GBASE-T, Wi-Fi 6E and 7 access point installs where the uplink is 2.5G, 5G, or 10G, AV and security integrators landing camera, display, and lighting runs on PoE++ at the full 100 W, crews that terminate by hand with the IDC cap when the punch-down tool is in the other truck, anyone who has run Cat6A through a Cat6 jack and watched the 10G link negotiate down, and a job that already has the Cat6A bulk cable from the bulk copper collection and the WP2-series wall plates and keystone patch panels it snaps into. For a shielded Cat6A run, the MIG6A-SHD in the same 180 degree body; for a 90 degree unshielded jack, the MIG6A-90; for joining two plugged Cat6A cords through a plate, the MIG6A-COUU coupler.

Good to Know

Strip only as much jacket as the jack needs, keep the pair untwist to the minimum the pair-keeper allows, since untwist is what costs a 10G link its margin, and either punch each conductor down with a 110 or Krone blade in one firm stroke, cut side out, or seat the conductors in the IDC cap and press it home by hand; match the color to the A or B label and use one standard across the building. The 23 to 26 AWG range covers Cat6A solid and most patch stranded; 22 AWG Cat6A exists and won't seat, so check the cable. The 180 degree entry wants depth behind the plate equal to the jack plus the cable's bend radius, which is less than a 90 degree jack needs in a shallow box but still worth measuring. Alien crosstalk is the Cat6A problem, and an unshielded jack in a dense panel sits close to its neighbors; keep the bundle loose behind the panel and test the channel. The 100 W PoE++ rating is the jack's; the channel still needs cable and a panel rated for it, and 4PPoE at 100 W in a bundle wants cable sized for the heat. Component rated means the jack alone meets Cat6A; the channel still has to be tested with the cable and the cords. 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 MIG6A-SHD. Keep it indoors; it's not a weatherproof part.

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