Gary-
That is a nice find. It looks very similar to these other ones we found. How does it work for you? Is the connector secure? Does it look "funny" sticking out of the case? How did you mount- off the sides where RJ shows, or someplace else? Can you put up a photo?
THX!! Kirk
Some things to keep in mind about these connectors I used:
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LoginI did get some moisture condensation on the glass inside one of my Aethers. I don't know if it was from where a RJ45 jack is, the rubber seal around the glass (since I got a ), or another opening I made in the case to attach a loop to lock down my Aethers to prevent them from "walking away". I admittedly could have done a better job of sealing everything, but I was in a hurry to get my 5 Aethers ready for the neighborhood's premiere night on December 1.
When I was taking my light display down, I did notice some moisture where there the male and female RJ45s click together. I thought it would have remained dry. Don't know if it's because I wasn't agressive enough with tightening it since it's plastic and for the first one I did, I started cross-threading it and was scared of wrecking it. I didn't use any silicone, since the assembly came with rubber seals. Maybe I should have.
The hole openings to pass the cables through are a bit on the small size... a RJ45's cable boot connector won't pass through. It's even a little bit tight for the plain RJ-45 connector; pulling the cables out caused the tab on the RJ45 connector snag inside the parts that waterproofed the connector... for the first Aethers I made cables for, I cut about 1/8" of an inch off the end, and for the subsequent ones, I used a pair of needle nose pliers to bend the plastic tab down to make it skinnier and prevented the snags.
As for your other questions, the connector is secure. I just did them a firm finger tight... I didn't use any wrenches in the plastic nut inside the case to hold the plug in place.
It looks a little funny having 2" ears on the side of each case, but compared to all the other tacky stuff around the yard, it's fine. I didn't use the pass-through for all of my Aethers, and since I'm not sure if the jack would keep water out of the inside of the case without a cable in place, I put a small length of CAT5 cable into the unused plug assembly with the end taped off.
I mounted the plugs on the sides where RJ recommended, but the center of the holes I drilled were 2 7/8" from the lip of the case opening, rather than the 3" that RJ recommended in the assembly video... reason being that I didn't want the rubber seal too close to the rounded area of the case... I wanted it to remain on the flat area. Note that I used a 1" hole saw.
I should also mention that the black rubber plug in the picure can be removed... it has a slit in it.
P.S. The reason for the ugly case color paint job was to camouflage the lights a bit, and make them less attractive to dumb thieves who wouldn't know what they're actually stealing.