A few wires are too short!
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Monk
Active Member
Perhaps a separate small area in a another can for the ones that are too short.
To be really "compliant" you should rerun the cable. Having said that you could probably use a punchdown splice box like this:
splice junction box for Cat6
splice junction box for Cat6
apostolakisl
Senior Member
I assume this is in your own home and is not mission critical stuff and that pulling a new wire opportunities are past. If that is the case, I would splice the wires and solder them keeping it nice and neat. Make sure to keep the twisted pairs twisted. I like the heat shrink insulation over the top of electric tape on each wire. Keep it neat with minimal tape that is cut not torn and don't strip back more insulation than necessary (less than the width of a piece of electric tape).
If it doesn't function properly, you can always redo it since it sounds like this splice will not be buried in a wall. The nice thing about a splice is it won't require any bulky stuff to mess with your wire routing. I did this once before and it worked perfectly though it was only a temporary deal for something I wasn't leaving in permanently and wanted to just use the wire I had at hand.
Other options include crimping on connectors and using a female/female junction. That is a little bulky but not too bad. The splice junction box listed above is the most professional, but more bulky and might cause wire routing issues. Of course the truly most professional is too always leave plenty of wire!! <_<
If it doesn't function properly, you can always redo it since it sounds like this splice will not be buried in a wall. The nice thing about a splice is it won't require any bulky stuff to mess with your wire routing. I did this once before and it worked perfectly though it was only a temporary deal for something I wasn't leaving in permanently and wanted to just use the wire I had at hand.
Other options include crimping on connectors and using a female/female junction. That is a little bulky but not too bad. The splice junction box listed above is the most professional, but more bulky and might cause wire routing issues. Of course the truly most professional is too always leave plenty of wire!! <_<
Neurorad
Senior Member
I'd use compression male and punch down female connectors to extend the ethernet runs.
That cat6 splice device linked above doesn't appear to keep twists as far as possible. IMO, you'd be better off with the punch down/IDC male/female connectors.
Hard to keep the twists with soldering and heat shrink, too.
I don't know if you'll have another use for the compression tool, you may be only using keystone or other IDC connectors.
That cat6 splice device linked above doesn't appear to keep twists as far as possible. IMO, you'd be better off with the punch down/IDC male/female connectors.
Hard to keep the twists with soldering and heat shrink, too.
I don't know if you'll have another use for the compression tool, you may be only using keystone or other IDC connectors.
I concur with robolo 100%. I had a few installers of mine who (in our own office) ran a few wires too short. HDMI/CATV/Cat5. So we used that junction box on a data line/phone line. Then i used barrals on my CATV and got an HDMI extension for my HDMI wire. You won't see any problems with the junction box at all. DONT use beanies, it'll work but its not professional. The junction box isnt good looking but it works and its realy what its for.
In fact, heres a photo of our wiring. See the blue bundle, now look 1/4 up from the top, see that white lil box. Thats one of the lines we were short on and had to extend with the junction. Its hidden in the wire manager (but boy did it take up extra space in there, dang wiring guys)
In fact, heres a photo of our wiring. See the blue bundle, now look 1/4 up from the top, see that white lil box. Thats one of the lines we were short on and had to extend with the junction. Its hidden in the wire manager (but boy did it take up extra space in there, dang wiring guys)
