{"id":7040,"date":"2014-06-30T13:23:19","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T05:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sg\/?p=7040"},"modified":"2019-10-07T15:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T07:51:27","slug":"not-just-another-rj45-connector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.phoenixcontact.com\/marketing-sea\/2014\/06\/not-just-another-rj45-connector\/","title":{"rendered":"Not just another RJ45 connector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Boss of a company had just awarded a million dollar project to a contractor for Ethernet Communication\u00a0upgrading.<\/p>\n<p>The contractor\u00a0was happy as he knew how easy it was to supply a point to point Ethernet connection for the project and he asked the owner these questions during the project discussion.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contractor: &#8220;How many Ethernet points do you need?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Owner: &#8220;Erm&#8230;. I think about 10,000points&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contractor: &#8220;How long is the distance from point to point?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Owner: &#8220;Erm&#8230;. Actually I&#8217;m not sure yet&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The contractor was shocked as he have no idea how he is going to order the cables pre-assembled with the connectors when the owner have no idea how much is the length requirements. Heavy-hearted, he continued the conversation with the owner.<\/p>\n<p><em>Contractor: &#8220;How soon do you need this job to be completed?&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Owner: &#8220;Actually you only \u00a0have 2 week from today&#8217;s discussion, i know you have 2 engineers and i believe you can get it done&#8230; And by the way, the location of installation is in Philippines&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nAnd the owner left the discussion leaving the contractor speechless.<\/p>\n<p>The Contractor sat down and he started to think about the issues he faces on the unknowns of the cable lengths and limited time that he have for this project&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>How many tools and installers does he need to carry out for this off-site installation?\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>How much time is required to complete a connection?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the end, the contractor managed to come out with a solution to his problem.<\/p>\n<p>A typical RJ45 connector connection requires Crimp Tool, Strip Tool, Cutter and time taken is on average 3 minutes. However, a\u00a0Phoenix Contact IDC CAT6 connector requires a Cutter and 1 minute to install with no special tools required.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moral of the story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instead of just using another RJ45 Connector, it would be better to use a Phoenix Contact Cat6A connector.<\/p>\n<p>10 Gigabit Ethernet \u2013 Field installation with just a cutter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Field Wireable RJ45 with QUICKON Technology - Phoenix Contact\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8p8U7a0CByM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to find out more? 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