I purchased a tooless IDC Keystone Jack and it has 8 slots to fit the 4 pairs of twisted wire for the cat5. The cat5 cable that I'm using has an extra bare wire, for ground possibly ??
Where would this bare wire go on the jack ?? I don't see an extra slot for this !!
Please advise....Thanks
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The "extra" wires is a ground or shield wire. It's used with special RJ-45 jacks that have a shield connection. Something like this:
Never heard of CAT5 cable with an extra ground conductor. I guess its a shielded type of cable? For most purposes, I'd cut off the unneeded ground wire at each end.
Ed
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