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How should I terminate solid Ethernet cable in a shallow rack?

Information

  1. I've wired my house with solid CAT7.
  2. It terminates in a double gang.
  3. The wiring cabinet can fit a 300mm equipment rack
  4. The rack will have some equipment that's not full length

wiring

Thoughts

  1. Should I try and terminate it on the wall and go stranded?

panel

AKORD CAT6 12 Port Pro RJ45 110 Network Mini Patch Panel w/Surface Wall Mount Bracket

  1. If the rack is pull out will the solid cable fatigue from repeated (infrequent) bending?

  2. Should I go with a fixed rack and live with reduced accessibility?

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Scott Cowan
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It looks like that punchdown block will work. I would suggest mounting it to a fixed rack and never touching it again. Then you can plug whatever you want in to that patch panel. What is reducing the accessibility? Your patch panel can be eye-level at the front of the rack.

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