[PLUG] Patch panel alternatives

[Chuck Hast]

As far as holding Keystone jacks, I found a device that you push one into
and
it holds it while you punch the wires down, I use a punch down tool and the
only thing I had was every once in a while I somehow messed up and punched
down a finger, after a few bloody ones, I found that tool that has been the
end
of that issue. The device is flat, made out of hard rubber and designed to
hold
a jack in place also has guides for the cable so you can keep control of the
cable going to the jack. You pre-dress your wires lay them in place and
start
punching down.

If you do not have a LOT of dmark points a couple of 6 keystone position
wall plates will make a nice small jack field. The house I rented had an
awful
wired installation, I just ran cat6 to the rooms of interest, bought me two
6
port wall plates and put them in the wall in the area in the garage where
the
router goes, done deal. I think the two plates cost me $2 each. Use low
voltage
wall boxes and you are done. Total cost less that $6.


On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 10:22 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> My house is wired with cat6 rated cable and jacks, with several jacks
> in some of the rooms. I have a 16-port patch panel in the room that
> also has the internet connection and other stuff. The patch panel is a
> pain in the derrière. I find it nearly impossible to punch down wires
> in it well enough to get a good connection. It is a Trendnet purchased
> from that store in Wilsonville.
>
> At the same time I have little problem with keystone jacks, that is, as
> long as I stay away from the tool-less jacks, which I find impossible.
> (I don't have enough fingers that are small enough to hold everything
> at the same time). I am considering ditching the 16-port patch panel
> and getting a simple blank keystone jack holder, then pulling all the
> wires currently in the patch panel and putting them in keystone jacks
> instead.
>
> 1) Does this sound like a good idea?
>
> 2) I can get a 24-port blank keystone jack panel lots of places online,
> but does anyone know of any place where I can get one locally?
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