Decent RJ45 wallplates?

On 29/06/11 19:30, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> En el artículo<(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave Plowman (News)
> <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió:
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>> Ideally, you'd want to match the other sockets etc in that room.
>> I'm using this range these days and find them pretty good.
>>
>> http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/KNRJ2BBW.html
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> They're nice, but I've got better things to spend 9 quid on, like beer.
> I got 5 dual Cat6 faceplates from kenable.co.uk for 14 quid delivered
> and they are fine.
>
I generally use screwfix's offerings. Never had any bother with them.
Don't know if they do fancy brass though.


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In article <Tg03cSCx82COFwz+@jasper.org.uk>,
Mike Tomlinson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> En el artículo <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave Plowman (News)
> <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió:

> >Ideally, you'd want to match the other sockets etc in that room.
> >I'm using this range these days and find them pretty good.
> >
> >http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/KNRJ2BBW.html

> They're nice, but I've got better things to spend 9 quid on, like beer.
> I got 5 dual Cat6 faceplates from kenable.co.uk for 14 quid delivered
> and they are fine.

Metal plate or plastic? And do you apply the same standards to other
fittings like sockets?

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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Frank Erskine <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >Ideally, you'd want to match the other sockets etc in that room.

> Why's that?

Taste? Same as having all the sockets and switches matching in that room?

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On 29/06/2011 19:30, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
> En el artículo<(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave Plowman (News)
> <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió:
>
>> Ideally, you'd want to match the other sockets etc in that room.
>> I'm using this range these days and find them pretty good.
>>
>> http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/KNRJ2BBW.html
>
> They're nice, but I've got better things to spend 9 quid on, like beer.



> I got 5 dual Cat6 faceplates from kenable.co.uk for 14 quid delivered
> and they are fine.

Hmmm....

(Thanks all)

The issue I've got is pictured here. The module closest to ya doesn't
clip securely, it merely wobbles and falls off.


http://s912.photobucket.com/albums/a...t=IMG_3830.jpg

So in one case I had to resort to faceplace vandalism like so ...


http://s912.photobucket.com/albums/a...t=IMG_3831.jpg

.. to release a stuck plug's clip, as access to release the screws and
pull it out was restricted then by furniture.

Popping keystone modules has happened to me a few times, worse when in
office moves where me is ungainly employed to rapidly move many PC
workstations; and I'm scrabbling in floor boxes, sometimes in the dark,
trying not to get electrocuted at the same time due to really mad wiring
by some installers - and also users.

Came across one user (in Accounts) that thought it OK to use a 13A plug
without a fitted top cover(!) in his floor box. I now carry a torch with
me ....

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En el artículo <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave Plowman (News)
<(E-Mail Removed)> escribió:

>Metal plate or plastic?

For that price, plastic, and I omitted to mention that included surface
mounting boxes. I've fitted all five and they all work. The keystones
go in the front, so it's not possible to push them in as happened to the
OP.

I should mention here that I've been installing network kit for years
and have used a wide variety of quality of kit. These faceplates are
not the very best quality, but they are perfectly acceptable.

> And do you apply the same standards to other
>fittings like sockets?

Er, no. That's mains. MK all the way.

If you're anal enough to want to spunk 9 quid each on pretty RJ45
outlets to match your existing fittings, hey, it's your money. I don't
care.

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In article <yMk$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Mike Tomlinson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> En el artículo <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave Plowman (News)
> <(E-Mail Removed)> escribió:

> >Metal plate or plastic?

> For that price, plastic, and I omitted to mention that included surface
> mounting boxes. I've fitted all five and they all work. The keystones
> go in the front, so it's not possible to push them in as happened to the
> OP.

So you like surface mount too? ;-)

> I should mention here that I've been installing network kit for years
> and have used a wide variety of quality of kit.

> These faceplates are
> not the very best quality, but they are perfectly acceptable.

If you're installing things professionally, doesn't the architect or
designer specify what makes to use?

> > And do you apply the same standards to other
> >fittings like sockets?

> Er, no. That's mains. MK all the way.

Mains stuff has to comply with a BS - and is likely to be satisfactory
regardless of make. How good it looks is a different matter. And, of
course, down to individual taste.

> If you're anal enough to want to spunk 9 quid each on pretty RJ45
> outlets to match your existing fittings, hey, it's your money. I don't
> care.

My view is that sockets etc are going to be there for a very long time, so
I'd rather have ones that look as good as possible too. But then I'm not
doing it for maximum profit.

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En el artículo <(E-Mail Removed)>, Dave Plowman (News)
<(E-Mail Removed)> escribió:

>So you like surface mount too? ;-)

Nah, this is in my home. Sunk 'em. The boxes I've kept in case they
come in useful.

http://jasper.org.uk/plate1.jpg
http://jasper.org.uk/plate2.jpg

>If you're installing things professionally, doesn't the architect or
>designer specify what makes to use?

Almost all retrofit jobs in existing premises. Where the network wiring
is done on new build the electrical contractor gets the job (or
subcontracts it.)

>My view is that sockets etc are going to be there for a very long time

Mains sockets, yes.

After the last twenty years we still have the same 13A mains sockets.

But in that same time we've gone from coax to Cat 3 to Cat 5 to Cat 5e
to Cat 6. You've just spent a lot of money on a network infrastructure
that isn't going to be able to handle 10GigE when that becomes
mainstream (RSN), at which point your pretty faceplates will be so much
scrap.

>But then I'm not
>doing it for maximum profit.

Fitting faceplates in my home is profitable?

I fitted five for 14 quid. You spent 45 quid on much the same thing.
That's a difference of thirty-one quid to spend on the finer things in
life, such as beer.

Each to his own. :-)

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