What Ethernet connectors and crimping tool to buy?

[davidwigler]

I need to shorten the ethernet cables on my new closed circuit TV cameras. Any suggestions for good quality parts and tools?

 

[MadHatter53]

How much shorter? Could you just pull back some slack and coil it up ?

 

[Boatsb]

They have special connectors for this or you can use off the shelf ones.

Cat 5 is different from cat 5 e is different from cat 6 is different from cat 6 a.

Buy the right connector. The tool is universal

 

[Reefgeorge]

This will get you started. I showed you two different crimping tools - probably good enough and definitely good enough. Don't know your budget:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FI2RVC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HN81SE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0716YBKN...&pd_rd_r=ee1fb8c3-dca9-11e8-8fb4-4fbf70016bdb

https://www.amazon.com/Platinum-Too..._rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=TYBTJT86JND6DMX3ZCED


George

 

[Boatsb]

https://www.platinumtools.com/products/crimpers/ez-rj45-crimpers/ez-rjpro-hd-crimp-tool-100054c/

Forgot the tool link.

 

[davidwigler]

How much shorter? Could you just pull back some slack and coil it up ?

Four cables, each one is 70-80 feet too long coiled up behind the NVR. It’s a rats nest. Also there are waterproof connector covers for the cameras that won’t go over the connectors. One of my cameras is outside.

 

[MadHatter53]

I see you have purchased new cables. If you were close to me I'd whip you up what you need.

 

[nautibake]

Four cables, each one is 70-80 feet too long coiled up behind the NVR. It’s a rats nest. Also there are waterproof connector covers for the cameras that won’t go over the connectors. One of my cameras is outside.

So that's how the waterproof covers go on? Only with the connector removed? I have one more camera to install and it is going to be just above the PH facing the foredeck.

 

[davidwigler]

So that's how the waterproof covers go on? Only with the connector removed? I have one more camera to install and it is going to be just above the PH facing the foredeck.

That’s all I could figure out. I haven’t done it yet. We’re under cover and my outdoor camera is under the overhang behind the pilot house door so it’s not urgent.

I did get the following reply from tech support:

“The ethernet cable is Cat5 and the Cat 5a/e and Cat 6 can also be used.
And sorry that we don't sell the connector.”

Let me know if you want to share a pack of connectors.

 

[Reefgeorge]

These might work and not break the bank. Make sure to get pass through, they are easier to get right:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/100-Pcs-RJ...EZ/123463233405?hash=item1cbefb6f7d:rk:5:pf:0

George

 

[davidwigler]

These might work and not break the bank. Make sure to get pass through, they are easier to get right:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/100-Pcs-RJ...EZ/123463233405?hash=item1cbefb6f7d:rk:5:pf:0

George

Thanks George. Never heard of pass through. Do you strip the colored wires or does the connector pierce the insulation when you crimp?

 

[davidwigler]

Here is the wiring order:

Pin 1: Orange & white
Pin 2: Orange
Pin 3: Green & white
Pin 4: Purple
Pin 5: Purple & white
Pin 6: Green
Pin 7: Brown & white
Pin 8: Brown

Pin 1, 2, 3, 6 for data, Pin 4, 5, 7, 8 for PoE power supply.

https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-u...rrange-the-wires-of-the-RJ45-connector-8-pins

 

[Boatsb]

Do you have a cable tester?

I check every cable I make. Wrong termination can burn things up.

 

[Reefgeorge]

You strip the outer jacket, flatten the wires in the correct order, push the unstripped individual wires into the connector and crimp. Pass through means that the wires push out the end of the connector and get cut off flush at the end. It makes it easier to get the jacket and wire length perfect inside the connector. You can still do a good job with non pass through connectors but you have to be more precise on the wire length sticking out of the jacket and it’s a little harder to flatten those shorter wires and get them into the connector and to verify the order (if I still had 25 year old eyes I probably would not care).

George