Help with the Physical Installation of external cameras with wall mount bracket

[buckfast]

hey all

house renovation is in progress and my builder has asked me to give him my spool of CAT6 to he can route my cables. I need two external cameras, both in high up locations - one at the front of the house, the other at the back.

I will be terminating the cat6 cable myself. I have a few questions, I hope you can help:

1/ I have a bag of cheap rj45 connectors. Will these suffice or I am better to purchase higher quality ones?

2/ Any tips on terminating the cable? I have a relatively cheap ($30) tester that lights up in sequence to confirm a good connection, I assume this is sufficient.

I have IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras and the wall mount is a PFB203W.


Any help appreciated as I am quite nervous about this installation!

Thanks

 

[00Buck]

I would go with the good ones. The cheap ones have cheap plating and the retaining clips are not as secure.
The tester will do what you need.

 

[fenderman]

hey all

house renovation is in progress and my builder has asked me to give him my spool of CAT6 to he can route my cables. I need two external cameras, both in high up locations - one at the front of the house, the other at the back.

I will be terminating the cat6 cable myself. I have a few questions, I hope you can help:

1/ I have a bag of cheap rj45 connectors. Will these suffice or I am better to purchase higher quality ones?

2/ Any tips on terminating the cable? I have a relatively cheap ($30) tester that lights up in sequence to confirm a good connection, I assume this is sufficient.

I have IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras and the wall mount is a PFB203W.


Any help appreciated as I am quite nervous about this installation!

Thanks

use high quality SOLID COPPER cable...not copper clad aluminum crap...
cable must be terminated using the 568 standard...use 568B..
dont cheap out on the cable or connectors....

 

[SyconsciousAu]

1/ I have a bag of cheap rj45 connectors. Will these suffice or I am better to purchase higher quality ones?

Make sure you get the correct type of connector as well. Stranded and solid connectors differ in the way they "bite' into the cable. Also remember to label the containers if you have more than one type. Trying to work out which is which by appearance is doable, but a pain in the arse.

 

[j4co]

My cable guy gives me solid core cat-6 which is one side terminated. That fits the ring you put over the cable and locks to the pig tail, so it is a pretty good connection i think.

Only disadvantage is you have to feed it through conduit with that part attached. So i need to know how long the cable is. Also you need rj-45 plugs for solid core on the other side, or like i did terminate it in jack thingys so you can put them in a 19" panel. That is the punch tool connection type for solid cable.