F-81 Coax Keystone Insert, Nickel Plated, Female to Female, White, Ivory, or Almond (KEYCAE)

The coax from the cable company, the dish, or the antenna comes out of the wall somewhere, and a keystone plate with an F-81 in it is the clean way to end it. This coax keystone insert is a nickel-plated F-81 coupler, female F on both sides, in a keystone housing that snaps into a standard keystone wall plate: the RG6 or RG59 from the attic or the basement screws onto the back, the TV's or the modem's cable screws onto the front, and the plate looks like every other outlet in the room. It's the module for a cable TV, satellite, antenna, or cable modem outlet, for a CCTV camera feed, and for the coax port on a multi-port plate beside the Ethernet jacks, in white, ivory, or almond to match the plate and the room.

Features

• F-81 coupler, female to female. Threaded F connector on both sides; the cable behind the wall screws onto the back, the device cable onto the front.
• Nickel plated. Corrosion-resistant finish on the coupler.
• Standard keystone snap-in. Sturdy snap-in construction; fits any standard keystone wall plate opening.
• RG59 and RG6. Takes the F connectors on either cable.
• Three colors. White, ivory, or almond.

Where It Fits

It suits low-voltage installers finishing a cable TV or satellite drop at a keystone plate instead of a bare cable through a bushing, structured cabling jobs putting one coax port on the same plate as the Cat6 jacks in every room, apartment and MDU builds with a CATV outlet per unit, home theater and AV installs bringing an antenna or a cable feed to the wall behind the TV, cable modem and DOCSIS installs that want the coax outlet next to the Ethernet jack, security installs landing an analog camera's coax at a plate, anyone who has seen a coax cable poked through a blank plate, and a job that already has the keystone wall plates, the RG6 bulk coax, and the compression F connectors from the coax and wall plate collections. For the Ethernet ports on the same plate, the COU6-90 and COU5E-90 keystone couplers or the KEY6-90 and KEY5E-90 jacks.

Good to Know

This is a coupler, not a termination: the cable behind the wall needs its own F connector on it, so the compression connector and the tool for RG6 or RG59 go on the order with the insert, and the plate is sold separately. An F-81 is a 75 Ω coupler, which is what every cable, satellite, and antenna feed in a house is; tighten both F connectors with a 7/16 in wrench to snug, not with pliers, since a loose F connector is the usual cause of a weak or noisy signal, and don't over-torque the back nut, which can turn the barrel in the housing. Leave a service loop behind the plate so the cable isn't pulling on the coupler, and keep the bend radius generous, since RG6 kinked behind a plate is a return-loss problem that's hard to find later. The three colors are meant to match the keystone wall plate; order the insert and the plate in the same color. For a satellite feed that carries power to a dish or an LNB, the nickel-plated barrel passes it, but check the receiver's manual for its own requirements.

Specifications

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