Cat5e UTP Snagless Patch Cord (350 MHz, 24 AWG Stranded, T568B, 4-Pair, 50u” Gold)

Overview

A cat5e utp snagless patch cord is the least glamorous cable in the building and the one that gets replaced most often, nearly always for the same reason: the latch snapped. The snagless boot is a molded ramp over the RJ45 latch that stops it catching on the cord beside it when you pull a patch out of a full panel. It costs almost nothing and it prevents the single most common patch cord failure there is.

Key Specifications

What the snagless boot actually protects

The boot does one job: it covers the latch so the latch cannot hook the neighboring cord, the edge of a horizontal manager, or the lip of the patch panel. It does not make the latch stronger. What it does is remove the sideways load that breaks it, which is a different thing and a more useful one.

Where latches break

Every one of these is a sideways or a held load on a piece of plastic that was never designed to take one.

The rest of the build matters more than the boot

Three choices decide how long the cord lasts and how well it behaves under load. Conductor material first: bare copper rather than copper-clad aluminum, because a CCA conductor runs hotter for the same current and that shows up in bundles carrying Power over Ethernet. Plating second: a patch cord is a wear item and thin plating wears through. Jacket third: it has to survive being dragged over a rack shelf and across a carpet. None of these are numbers we can quote for you generically — what your cord is built to is stated per order.

Typical applications for this cat5e utp snagless patch cord

• Patch panel to switch in any cabinet that gets re-patched
• Office LAN drops to desktops, printers and phones
• Wi-Fi access point and IP camera drops — see our Cat5e UTP LSZH Patch Cord for public buildings
• Workshop and classroom benches that get re-cabled every term
• Rental and event stock, where cords are coiled and uncoiled daily

How to specify your build

1. Length — and remember patch cord length counts against the channel budget.
2. Color, if you are color-coding by function or department.
3. Wiring — T568B is the default; T568A on request.
4. Conductor — bare copper, and say so if the run carries PoE.
5. Jacket — PVC, LSZH, or CMP where the space requires it.
6. Packaging — bulk, individually bagged, or labeled with your part number.

Workmanship and testing

Assembly and inspection follow IPC/WHMA-A-620 Class 3 workmanship criteria under our ISO 9001 quality management system, and every unit is 100% continuity and pinout tested before it is packed. Conductor range is 32 to 12 AWG. Latches are inspected for flash and burrs that would catch on the mating jack. Where a standard sets a limit for the category, the connector interface or the jacket, that is the industry-general definition of the rating. The values your assembly is built and verified to are the ones stated on your drawing, per order.

Every production run can ship with RoHS and REACH declarations and the electrical report agreed at quotation; see certifications and material declarations. UL styles and other named approvals are built to drawing: we source to the style you specify and document it, rather than asserting a listing we do not hold. Overmold tooling for this part is designed and cut in our own tool room under overmold tooling cut in our own tool room, so the tool belongs to your program and a revision is a machining job rather than a new negotiation. Related reading: what automation programs ask for.

Custom builds and ordering

On Cat5e UTP Snagless builds, prototype lots run from 1 to 50 pcs and leave in 3 working days; production runs of 500 pcs and up ship 14 working days after approval. Cat5e OEM and ODM shipments carry your part number and labeling, and material certificates plus first-article reports are available. New tooling adds about 10 working days, and we hold 100 sets of mold tooling in house.

Related Cat5e patch cords

• Cat5e UTP Patch Cord
• Cat5e UTP Short-Body Patch Cord for VoIP
• Cat5e UTP LSZH Patch Cord
• Cat5e FTP Shielded Patch Cord
• Flat Slim Cat6 / Cat5e UTP Patch Cord
• Cat6 UTP Patch Cord

Full range: Ethernet patch cord range.

Frequently Asked Questions