A Grab-n-Go Top Box Solution
Another recent addition to the toolbox was a grab-n-go Loconet wiring kit, comprising a reel of flat six-core cable, a set of crimps, a testing set and a bag of 6p6c connectors, all in a cake box.
Yes, they’re often called RJ11 but did you know that’s actually the jack once it’s wired? RJ stands for Registered Jack, a system of standardisation. RJ11, RJ12. RJ13, RJ14, RJ18 and RJ25 ALL use 6p connectors wired with differing configurations and numbers of connectors. RJ11 only uses two pins (6p2c) while Loconet uses all six cores of the cable (6p6c) so is closer t o RJ25!
None of that matters of course, so long as the jack fits into the panel socket and the wiring is Pin 1 to Pin 1.
