Best Practices for Extending UTP Cable in Smart Home Electrical Installations

Hi,

I am gathering information and practical advice on how to prepare a home electrical installation suitable for the implementation of a "smart home" using PLCs and relays. I am planning to do the installation in a star topology using UTP 5e network cable, among other things to connect bell light switches. In theory, everything is clear, but I am puzzled by the practical approach to extending such a cable in the control cabinet.

The first thing that comes to mind is the entry of individual wires onto ZUG connectors - with a large number of cables (dozens of switches), this can be breakneck and take up a lot of space in the cabinet. In addition, there is the issue of the small cross-section of the conductors.

I found a ready-made DIN rail board on the web, where the individual RJ45 pins are brought out to screw terminals - the price of $15 a piece is a deterrent....


Do you know of any other ready-made solutions? How does one go about extending such cables in a control cabinet in practice?

Greetings!

https://sklep.easyswitch.pl/kategoria-produktu/zestawy-kit-dyi/
A choice of colours

Stacking connectors 8 channels. Manufacturer WAGO, and I think also Phoenix Contact.
As wide as 1 ZUG, and you can straddle a cable with eight conductors.

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