Where to buy short (10-15cm) cat6 patch leads

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#196002 15-May-2016 14:31

I've finally installed my new cabinet and I'm now after some short (10-15cm) cat6 patch leads. I usually buy the Dynamix cables from Cables Direct or PBTech but the shortest they seem to do is 25cm. Does anyone know where I can buy shorter cables (preferably in NZ)?

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#1553064 15-May-2016 14:51

I checked cablesdirect.co.nz but they don't seem to have any that short.

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#1553092 15-May-2016 15:31

Smallest I've seen is 30cm

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#1553153 15-May-2016 17:10

Yer I've found some over in Australia (https://www.qconnect.com.au/_products/CABLES+++ADAPTORS/NETWORK+CABLES/Cat6+Patch+Leads/Cat6+Blue/0+15m+CAT6+UTP+Lead+Blue+-743-86515-.aspx) but I can't find any over here unfortunately. I might have to just order it from over there, I only need about 20 of them which is why I'm trying to avoid overseas shipping charges.

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#1553171 15-May-2016 17:50

cdl do a slimline pls-c6-0.25 in a few different colours.

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#1553190 15-May-2016 18:07

signet comms do 20cm ones not as short as you need but a little shorter than others

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#1553253 15-May-2016 19:01

Sounds like you'd be better of buying a cut&crimp tool and making your own to exact preferred size.

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#1553285 15-May-2016 19:35

Electrical wholesalers have them (edit, 0.25) in stock. Otherwise ask your favourite computer store to get the size you want from computer dynamics.

Should note that those 0.25m patch leads are actually slightly less than that in total and you're not going to want smaller. Usually by the time you route a patch lead through cable management you don't want them so short.

In your cabinet, switch/cable management/patch should look something like this:

Phone Line patches
Cable management
Wall Patches
Cable management
Switch Odd
Switch Even
Cable management
Other Equipment
Cable management
Other Equipment
Cable management

Key point to make is that the patch leads in the odd (or top row) ports of the switch go UP through the management unit above the switch and patch leads in the even (or bottom row) go DOWN. This is so that patch leads don't cover up or cross over a port below it and just looks better. Do the same for your patch ports so that the leads don't go over the top of your labeling.

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#2468051 22-Apr-2020 19:48

@meesham or anyone else - did anyone find 0.15m ethernet cables available in NZ?

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#2468058 22-Apr-2020 20:08

fs.com's slim ones are nice. https://www.fs.com/au/c/28awg-slim-patch-cables-613

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#2468061 22-Apr-2020 20:11

I couldn't imagine a need for anything less than 25cm (which is the shortest I've ever seen from any major reseller) - and the only way you'd get something shorter would be to find some slimline cables such as the FS ones.

If you are going to buy cable and make your own as suggested above rmember this needs to be stranded (not solid) cable, and stranded (not solid) connectors.

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#2468062 22-Apr-2020 20:12

Not Cat6 but Cat 5e.. so Gigabit is fine.. but not more than that.

10cm.. I purchased 20 of these.. no issues:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32774635795.html

10cm is stupidly short though (But worked for my application)..

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#2468095 22-Apr-2020 21:13

if you have an account with Computer Dynamics they are as short as 300mm

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#2468108 22-Apr-2020 21:23

Just buy a 1m cable and cut it into the length you need. Problem solved! ;)

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#2468118 22-Apr-2020 21:45

I got 15cm cables of aliexpress, nice colours too - it's very important for my bits and bytes to look flash as they go past.

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#2468128 22-Apr-2020 21:57

I struggled to find anything in NZ so I resorted to Amazon

I bought 50 x 0.5ft (15cm) cat6a cables, and thought finally! What turned up was 50 x 5 ft cables (1.5m).. sigh. They ended up refunding me and told me to keep them

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e.g. 2 x 24 port patch panel with a 48 port switch in the middle of them

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