I use the butane soldering pen, but I just tack the drain wire down to
the side of the plug.
I'll have to try going under the metal; sounds like it would make better
contact.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com>
To: "af@afmug.com" <af@afmug.com>
Sent: 9/7/2016 4:54:13 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Shielded connector preferences
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
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Direct: 937-552-2343
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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.
