Question About Improvised Keystone Jack

[Seth-11]

I have a Amcrest turret camera that was outside for several years, and the "water tight" ethernet connector didn't live up to it's intended purpose, and it corroded to the point where it would no longer get recognized by the router/get power

I have attached a female keystone jack a few years ago to a different camera and it worked out fine but it took awhile because I didn't have the punchdown tool.
I was wondering if it's possible to Jimmy rig this the easy way and still have it work properly.

My plan is to buy a cheap short ethernet cable, cut off one end (which is male) and splice it into the now exposes wires of the previous female adapter on the camera

So the camera would have a male ethernet adapter and that would get plugged into another male ethernet adapter using a double ended female coupler to connect the two male adapters. This would be much easier than messing around with the keystone jack

On paper this should work. Can anyone give me a reason why it's a bad idea?

 

[TonyR]

On paper this should work. Can anyone give me a reason why it's a bad idea?

More connections to protect and weatherproof so more to go wrong. By the time you use dielectric grease on all connections, wrap both ends of the coupler as here it'll look like a python that swallowed a goat.

I recommend either these => ZOERAX 10-Pack Cat6 Tool-Less RJ45 Keystone Jack, No Punch-Down Tool Required Module Coupler (Not Compatible with Patch Panel), White

or these => VCELINK IP68 Waterproof RJ45 Coupler (2-Pack) – Shielded Cat6/Cat5e/Cat5 Ethernet Connector, PoE Ready, Compact 3.64" Outdoor Coupler for Cameras & IP Devices

In either instance be sure to use the dielectric grease....wash hands after using, don't get into your eyes!

 

[Seth-11]

More connections to protect and weatherproof so more to go wrong. By the time you use dielectric grease on all connections, wrap both ends of the coupler as here it'll look like a python that swallowed a goat.

I recommend either these => ZOERAX 10-Pack Cat6 Tool-Less RJ45 Keystone Jack, No Punch-Down Tool Required Module Coupler (Not Compatible with Patch Panel), White

or these => VCELINK IP68 Waterproof RJ45 Coupler (2-Pack) – Shielded Cat6/Cat5e/Cat5 Ethernet Connector, PoE Ready, Compact 3.64" Outdoor Coupler for Cameras & IP Devices

In either instance be sure to use the dielectric grease....wash hands after using, don't get into your eyes!

Yes, I recently found out about dielectric grease a few months ago when I noticed and researched the problem, I wish I had known about it earlier. And I read about a trick to suspend the coupler jack at the highest point so the rain drains down away from the jack, and not down into the jack, which I did not do.

Two mistakes. Live and learn

I might try that ZOERAX. I don't need the waterproof housing at the moment because the camera is staying indoors.

 

[Flintstone61]

More connections to protect and weatherproof so more to go wrong. By the time you use dielectric grease on all connections, wrap both ends of the coupler as here it'll look like a python that swallowed a goat.

I recommend either these => ZOERAX 10-Pack Cat6 Tool-Less RJ45 Keystone Jack, No Punch-Down Tool Required Module Coupler (Not Compatible with Patch Panel), White

or these => VCELINK IP68 Waterproof RJ45 Coupler (2-Pack) – Shielded Cat6/Cat5e/Cat5 Ethernet Connector, PoE Ready, Compact 3.64" Outdoor Coupler for Cameras & IP Devices

In either instance be sure to use the dielectric grease....wash hands after using, don't get into your eyes!

mother of fred! the Zoerax 10-Pack cat6 tool-less design is crazy cool ! !

 

[TonyR]

mother of fred! the Zoerax 10-Pack cat6 tool-less design is crazy cool ! !

The negative comments are pretty much all the same. It appears those folks try to close the latch and pierce the insulation of all 8 wires simultaneously instead of 2 at a time as advised by the vendor.

Also, it appears some complainers try to follow T-568A or B incorrectly, maybe thinking the colors are left to right in sequential, numerical order and we know they are not. I see the correct color code for A or B marked right on there so not sure what their issue is with that.