Cat5 Cable connector?

[IMSoaks]

Hi everyone,

I'm in the process of hiding my network cable in my living room. I bought the cable hider things and installed them against the wall to run the cat5 cable thru. My question is this:
Is there a right angle cat5 cable connector? like an adaptor the plugs into the wallbox so when i plug in the cat5 cable it makes it flush with the wall so it dont stick out as much and gives a cleaner flush against the wall look???? Please bear with me, i cannot explain this too well, im hoping someone out there knows what im talking about and can help.........

I've also searched all the online cable sites to no avail......thanks

 

[skyking]

never heard of such a thing. did you install mud rings or low voltage boxes, and are you looking for something that is like a standard faceplate?

 

[IMSoaks]

I already have a cat5 faceplate. Im just talking about when you plug in the cat5 cable, it sticks out too far and have to bend the cable at a right angle to keep it flush against the wall. I'll post a pic here if i can find out how........

 

[IMSoaks]

Link to Pix

 

[SocrPlyr]

i have never seen one, but one idea might be to just get a cover with just a hole and put that there and connect the cable inside the box where it can't be seen (all you see is the cable going in.

Josh

 

[Leros]

They make things like that for telephone wires at least. Here is a pic http://www.bobvila.com/images/ArticleImages/FIG_Telephone_01_large.gif

I'm sure they make something similiar for cat

 

[SocrPlyr]

Originally posted by: JToxic
They make things like that for telephone wires at least. Here is a pic http://www.bobvila.com/images/ArticleImages/FIG_Telephone_01_large.gif

I'm sure they make something similiar for cat

Good idea, but he already has the box/hole in the wall, so that would only take up more space. Those are made for places w/o boxes and where you don't want/can't put a hole in the wall like he has already.

check out his pic. he couldn't mount that on top of his box as is...

Josh

 

[Leros]

OH, the pic wasnt working last night, so I couldnt see.

 

[68falcon]

i dont know if this is a good idea or even if it will work, but what if you stripped the casing and had only the wires out long enought to fold back flush to the wall. i dont know if bending them like that would break them or not. if you get what im saying

 

[ScottMac]

The minimum bend radius for Category-Rated UTP cabling is ~ 4" diameter (2" radius).

If you put a 90 degree "kink" in the cable, and it's not designed for it, you'll lose performance.

FWIW

Scott

 

[spidey07]

there are jacks that offer a very downward angle. so that may help. They're sometimes called "angled" jacks.