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Troy Daley
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Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Cat5 phone wall plates with post |
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Hi-
My house has Cat5 cables and plugs for all phone jacks. I have one of
those phones that hangs on the wall, so it requires a wall plate with
posts. In addition, where the cable connects to the inside of the wall
plate, it looks as though there is a plug of some sort to make this
connection.
I cannot find a wall plate with the posts at any hardware store in
town. I also cannot find them online anywhere. Can someone point me
in the right direction?
-Thanks
T. |
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:20 am Post subject:
Re: Cat5 phone wall plates with post |
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Troy Daley <tfandango@gmail.com> wrote:
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I cannot find a wall plate with the posts at any hardware store in
town. I also cannot find them online anywhere. Can someone point me
in the right direction?
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Google (or Froogle) for "wall phone jack" (with the quotes).
-Larry Jones
I always have to help Dad establish the proper context. -- Calvin |
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Al Dykes
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 6:17 am Post subject:
Re: Cat5 phone wall plates with post |
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In article <m3qgp2-18e.ln1@jones.homeip.net>, <lawrence.jones@ugs.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Troy Daley <tfandango@gmail.com> wrote:
I cannot find a wall plate with the posts at any hardware store in
town. I also cannot find them online anywhere. Can someone point me
in the right direction?
Google (or Froogle) for "wall phone jack" (with the quotes).
-Larry Jones
I always have to help Dad establish the proper context. -- Calvin
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I've bought the item I think you are asking for at Radio Shack.
If the counter person is clueless ask to look at the catalog.
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Dmitri(Cabling-Design.com
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 7:22 am Post subject:
Re: Cat5 phone wall plates with post |
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Troy Daley wrote:
| Quote: | Hi-
My house has Cat5 cables and plugs for all phone jacks. I have one of
those phones that hangs on the wall, so it requires a wall plate with
posts. In addition, where the cable connects to the inside of the wall
plate, it looks as though there is a plug of some sort to make this
connection.
I cannot find a wall plate with the posts at any hardware store in
town. I also cannot find them online anywhere. Can someone point me
in the right direction?
-Thanks
T.
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Any home improvement center (got some Home Depots in your area? ;-) )
carries those in the low voltage electrical section. They are called
630-type wall plates. Be careful though: those are strictly for phones, I
am not even sure they'll pass CAT3 test if you were to run it, let alone
CAT5e (since you've mentioned CAT5 in your message). If CAT5 performance
matters to you at these locations (VoIP phones?) you are better off by
using somewhat more high-endish plates by structured cabling manufacturers
like Hubbell or Commscope that receive your regular keystone-type jack of
whatever category you like (CAT3, CAT5e, CAT6) and provide prongs for
phone mounts at the same time. The other alternative would be to replace
the regular screws that hold the plate with prong-screws, but I would have
a hard time remembering where I've seen those last.
Good luck!
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James Knott
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Sat Jul 02, 2005 4:20 pm Post subject:
Re: Cat5 phone wall plates with post |
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Al Dykes wrote:
| Quote: | I've bought the item I think you are asking for at Radio Shack.
If the counter person is clueless ask to look at the catalog.
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If the counter person is clueless??? I thought that was a given. |
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