Oversize Snagless RJ45 Slip-On Boot for Shielded Cat6/6A/7, Cable OD to 7.5 mm, Clear, 25 Pack (BOT-OVR-75)

This is an oversize snagless slip-on boot for an RJ45 plug on thick cable: shielded Cat6, Cat6A, and Cat7 up to 7.5 mm OD, which won't go through a standard boot's insert. It slides onto the cable before the plug is crimped, then pushes up over the plug, where it covers the latch so the plug doesn't snag in a bundle, takes the strain off the crimp when the cord is tugged, and keeps dust out of the back of the plug. The insert is 7.5 mm, it fits solid or stranded round cable, it's clear, and it comes 25 to a pack. It's the boot for the PLG-R45-CT6AS shielded Cat6A plug and for any custom-length shielded patch cord; for standard Cat5e and Cat6 up to 6.0 mm, the BOT-R45-58 boot.

Features

• Oversize, for cable up to 7.5 mm OD. 7.5 mm wire insert; shielded Cat6, Cat6A, and Cat7, solid or stranded, round.
• Snagless. Covers the RJ45 latch so the plug pulls through bundles and panels without catching.
• Strain relief. Takes the pull off the crimp at the back of the plug.
• Clear.
• Pack of 25.

Where It Fits

It suits data center and network techs making shielded Cat6A patch cords to length for 10GBASE-T ports and wanting them finished like factory cords, structured cabling crews terminating shielded bulk cable to plugs in a plant that runs S/FTP or F/UTP, industrial and AV racks where the Ethernet is shielded and thick, anyone who has tried to force a 7 mm cable through a boot made for 6, and a job that already has the shielded bulk Cat6A, the PLG-R45-CT6AS shielded plugs, the FOIL-001 copper strips, and the crimp tool from the copper collections. For standard unshielded Cat5e and Cat6 up to 6.0 mm, the BOT-R45-58 boot in seven colors.

Good to Know

The boot goes on the cable before the plug, every time; there's no putting it on afterward. Slide it on narrow end toward the cable, do the shield wrap and the crimp, then push the boot up until it seats over the back of the plug and the latch cover sits above the latch. Measure the cable first: the insert is 7.5 mm, so a jacket over that won't go, and a standard 5.5 mm Cat6 cable will rattle in it and give no strain relief, which is what the BOT-R45-58 is for. Check that the boot clears the plug's shield shell and any ground tab before you crimp a whole batch, since an oversize boot on a shielded plug has to seat over the metal shell, not just the plastic. The latch cover makes the plug snagless but also means the latch is pressed through the boot, which is stiffer in the cold. Clear is the only color, so if the rack has a color code, the code goes on a label or the cable jacket.

Specifications

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