The doohicky is always fragile and breaks off, am I the only one who has
been bending up the rear metal a little bit, using a small needle nose
pliers, trapping the drain wire under it and soldering it down with a
butane soldering pen?



On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote:

> but those don't have the little doohiky to hook the drain wire to...
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM, George Skorup <geo...@cbcast.com> wrote:
>
>> We use Primus plugs. http://www.balticnetworks.com/
>> primus-shielded-cat5-connectors-100-pack.html
>>
>> The wire channels are larger than the UBNT plugs. Plus the pins don't
>> fall out or slant when crimped.
>>
>> I hate Primus cable, but their RJ45s are pretty good. Wouldn't surprise
>> me if they don't even make them.
>>
>> On 9/7/2016 2:26 PM, Josh Luthman wrote:
>>
>> RF Armor preferred.  Ubnt is OK.  ARC is good, too.
>>
>> Never seen this myself but maybe it's the salt?
>>
>>
>> Josh Luthman
>> Office: 937-552-2340
>> Direct: 937-552-2343
>> 1100 Wayne St
>> Suite 1337
>> Troy, OH 45373
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can't say that I've seen that happen, but I don't know that I'd blame
>>> the connector.
>>>
>>> As far as I can tell the UBNT, RF Armor and Arc connectors are all
>>> pretty much exactly the same - we've been using RF Armor, for no particular
>>> reason other than that they're the cheapest of the three.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Jay Weekley <par...@cyberbroadband.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is everyone's preferences for shielded connectors at the moment?
>>>> We discovered at least one corroded/rusted connector last week at a site
>>>> which had taken a direct or nearly direct lightning strike which melted pig
>>>> tails as well as destroyed an omni among other things.  It was a site we
>>>> bought so we don't know the manufacturer of the connector or if it's
>>>> something we installed and it's the first one I've seen on our network.
>>>> Has anyone else seen this happen?  Lately we've been using RF Armor have
>>>> used Ubiquiti shielded connectors in the past.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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