Eligible orders may receive up to 3% sourcing support.
Eligibility applies to qualified business buyers and is confirmed after we review your product, quantity, destination, and sourcing requirements.
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LinkScope Sourcing 36 is an independent sourcing partner. A plant reply is usable after the 8-position family, plating, termination, quantity, and US destination sit on one sheet. Eligibility applies to qualified business buyers and is confirmed after we review your product, quantity, destination, and sourcing requirements. Sourcing support on this desk is FREE, with any added benefit capped at up to 3%.
Record connector family as 8P8C or another modular form, contact count as 8 unless the drawing says otherwise, and pitch from that drawing. Many 8P8C drawings use a 1.02 mm contact pitch; copy the figure rather than assuming it. Current and voltage belong with the Power over Ethernet class you actually need: IEEE 802.3af-2003 is often discussed at 15.4 W and 350 mA at the PSE, IEEE 802.3at-2009 near 30 W, and IEEE 802.3bt-2018 Type 4 near 90 W. Those published PSE figures are questions for the contact, not a rating this desk assigns.
Termination is IDC, solder, through-hole, or SMT. Keying and latch direction decide whether a field plug mates with the jack already on the panel. Plating should name gold thickness, such as 0.76 μm (30 μin) over nickel, or state flash gold if that is what the offer contains. Ingress protection applies to the mated pair on the drawing. A cable jacket marked IP67 does not make an open PCB jack IP67. Impedance for balanced twisted pair is commonly specified at 100 ohm; ask for the frequency range of the insertion loss and return loss curves. Category 6A channel work in TIA-568.2-D (2018) runs to 500 MHz. A connector name does not publish those channel limits.
Commercial lines stay separate from the piece price: currency, per-piece or whole-order basis, Incoterms, freight, duties, samples, and tooling for a changed shell. The TIA-568 overview at tiaonline.org is a question source. It is not a test report for the part a plant names. Read the procurement brief before you send the sheet.
An unshielded 8P8C plug, a shielded plug with a metal can, a PCB jack with LEDs, and a panel coupler are different drawings. Put each on its own line so a lower piece price cannot hide a missing shield. An ix industrial ethernet connector is a separate 10-contact interface under IEC 61076-3-124. Maker literature often describes a smaller face than an 8P8C jack. Treat any size percentage in that literature as the maker statement, then confirm the drawing. This desk does not stock either family.
Background: a controls buyer in Ohio compared two shielded 8P8C offers for a PoE camera run. Process: the sheet listed 100 ohm impedance, 0.76 μm gold versus flash gold, and whether the IEEE 802.3at 30 W discussion was supported by the contact datasheet. Result: the lower piece price omitted the shield can and a separate freight line, so both landed totals stayed visible. That walk-through is a comparison method, not a completed customer project and not a measured saving.
Three limits apply on every family row. This desk does not certify a category. A photograph of a latch does not prove contact current. A connector mating cycle count is meaningful after the plant names the IEC 60512 sequence used on that exact part.
Ask whether the date is ex-works, on the vessel, or at the US door, and whether partial cartons are allowed. A 500-piece pilot and a 5,000-piece release can carry different plating lots. State the destination city to the extent the buyer already knows it. Do not invent a dock this desk does not operate.
OEM-coded jacks and compatible jacks are a real split, matching the industry argument rather than a slogan. An OEM-coded part may follow a host vendor support policy more directly. A compatible part may widen the plant list after footprint, latch, shield fingers, and LED positions are checked on the exact host. Refurbished or surplus contacts need condition, plating wear, and remaining documentation. New contacts may show a clearer lot record. Neither side is chosen by this page.
Keep the connector price on contact plating, body material, and whether the quote is the plug, the jack, or the mated pair. Port licenses belong on the host equipment line so they are not priced as if they were gold thickness.
Share product requirements through the form. The desk will ask plants to answer the same connector family, quantity, destination, and timing. No file upload is on this form. Describe drawings in the text.