Sugru Ethernet RJ45 Plug Protector

As you know, the locking tab of RJ45 network plugs breaks very easily. Protect it from breaking, with some Sugru. Prevention is even better than repairing a broken plug.

Then, when you pull the cable through a cables salad, the tab will not get hung to eventually break.

One 5g pack of Sugru will make approx 8 plugs.

Step 1 What You Need

In addition to the plug to be improved:

• Sugru pack (5g, approx 8 plugs)
• One toothpick (or a nail, a swiss army knife, ... or anything similar)

(In the next steps I will use a vise. It is really not mandatory.)

Comments

[Seminumerical]

Perhaps this could be called an in(de)structable........

[projectsugru]

this is a lovely hack :)

[Kryptonite]

Nice Instructable! You really are right; prevention rather than repairation.