Neighbour needs to install a camera at the entrance to his property, 300 yards from his house - which will be his first CCTV system. He has electricity at his gates so what would be the best way to set up a camera so far away?
I'm not familiar with the product, like I said it was simply the first thing that came up on Google. But it looks like that particular product (they have several others) goes at both ends of the connection, not in the middle. I'm pretty sure you'll need the PoE version of the extender if you want to power the camera that way but best to ask the vendor.Thank you. Those Longspan extenders don't come cheap but if my neighbour only needs one of them (other extenders seem to need inserting at every 100 yards), it wouldn't be too bad. I assume if he were to run a camera off a POE switch then he wouldn't need the POE version of the extender? (The non-POE version is about half the price.) Does it have to go in the middle of the cable or can it be deployed anywhere?
You want to pull it through an existing duct? Perhaps also carrying 230V AC? Perhaps not a very good idea and possibly against code or perhaps not if the AC cables is in fact a single burrial rated multi-pair cable (called YMvKas here in the Netherlands). In that case you should still use shielded CAT cable. But It might be a better idea to use optical fiber if it's going to go through the same duct as the 230V AC for both safety and interference reasons.Slight worry about pulling it through 300 yards of duct without a winch!
The ones I linked to come at the extreme ends only, not in the middle, and could be kept above ground.I would have suggested just laying bare burial grade to him but if he needs in-line POE extenders how would he protect them?
Two of their Loco M5 should be around $150 total, which I’d think would be cheaper than cable. There are a few threads on the forum here from folks using them if you wanted to see the types of situations they’ve been used for.Thanks: I've had a quick look at Unifi and suspect that most of their kit would take him over budget. Maybe overkill too since they claim a range of 15-25km. I'll look at the ePOE options.
Just a thought here - why not put the cable through the conduit BEFORE you bury it? Saves a lot of hassle if you bury the conduit with the cable already inside!Some wild and wonderful push/pull ideas here. I specially like the idea of using magnets; and am tempted by using a small RC vehicle or a live rat.
Fish tape alternatives for feeding cable through duct