SMAKN® Waterproof Coupler Shielded Installable（ Review

Although the description says 'shielded' there is definitely no visible or measurable shield connection between the two sides. To test, I connected two Category 5e shielded patch cords and measured the lack of continuity between their shields. To test for water resistance, I crimped a 2-foot piece of Category 5e Direct Burial cable, spliced the ends to that piece, and submerged it in water for two days. a bucket of water. After drying outdoors in front of the fan, disassembly and inspection…

later I've had this buried about 5 inches deep on straight Cat6 wire that runs under the road across the street for about 1.5 years. About 1 month ago I started seeing delays of about 50ms when crossing the street, then I finally dug up this plug to test it and sure enough when I opened it there was a ton of water in it. So I decided to just use wire bullets to connect each wire together manually and then tape them. Now my network has only 1 ms latency again. I do not recommend using this…

Great product! Some written instructions would be nice (I didn't have any), because it's not at all apparent how the connector can be used in a "field installation" without cutting and re-crimping the lugs. In fact, the rubbery pads are removable from the sleeve and are (discreetly) slotted so they can be opened and wrapped around the cables. Press ties are attached to existing cable lugs if there are no covers on the terminals. However, the boots can be cut with an Xacto knife to allow the…