Mounts for 5442 ZE

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I'm looking to install about 10 5442 ZE outdoors. Most will be on vertical brick or wood siding. A few will be installed on horizontal wood soffit.

For the vertical installs, the pigtails will be outside of the home to minimize the size of the hole in the brick. For the horizontal installs, I'm guessing I will be able to make the hole bigger and push the pigtail connection inside.

What mounts do I need? The cameras will be black, so the mount would need to match.
 
Those will work for horizontal or vertical, but most, if able, will just mount the turret housing to the soffit/surface and put the pigtail through a bigger hole.

Another option is these. They sometimes give a cleaner look, even though they protrude a little more.
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EmpireTech PFB203W Wall Mount Bracket

Aesthetic design Wall mount bracket Material: aluminum & SECC
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For soffit mounting, I typically don't use a junction box. I use a weatherproof coupling and stuff it in the soffit then mount to the soffit
 
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I used the above box for soffit mounting just to bring the camera away from the soffit which is made of a white plastic and tended to suffer with IR bouncing off of it. The junction box while only moving the camera slightly down made all the difference. Obviously this depends on the angle you have the camera facing.
 
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Sphinxicus said:
I used the above box for soffit mounting just to bring the camera away from the soffit which is made of a white plastic and tended to suffer with IR bouncing off of it. The junction box while only moving the camera slightly down made all the difference. Obviously this depends on the angle you have the camera facing.
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I have used them for this purpose as well. Definitely something to consider during planning.
 
Ri22o said:
Those will work for horizontal or vertical, but most, if able, will just mount the turret housing to the soffit/surface and put the pigtail through a bigger hole.

Another option is these. They sometimes give a cleaner look, even though they protrude a little more.
empiretech01.com

EmpireTech PFB203W Wall Mount Bracket

Aesthetic design Wall mount bracket Material: aluminum & SECC
empiretech01.com empiretech01.com
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Do most people use a junction box when mounting vertically on brick? I'm not sure its a great idea making a big hole in the brick to push the pigtail through.
 
kickstart24 said:
Do most people use a junction box when mounting vertically on brick? I'm not sure its a great idea making a big hole in the brick to push the pigtail through.
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I prefer the PFB203W wall mount on vertical surfaces. It provides an overhang to mount the cam on the underside. Lesser chances of water, etc getting directly in openings or indirectly wicking into cracks/crevices. It also has a plenum to stuff the extra wire & pigtail into

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SpacemanSpiff said:
I prefer the PFB203W wall mount on vertical surfaces. It provides an overhang to mount the cam on the underside. Lesser chances of water, etc getting directly in openings or indirectly wicking into cracks/crevices. It also has a plenum to stuff the extra wire & pigtail into

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Do you have any pictures of a cam mounted on a PFB203W?
 
Just one thing with the PFB203W. It can limit your camera positioning vertically, especially if you're using a varifocal or long lens camera. I have a location where I used one of these mounts and with the camera zoomed in, I couldn't angle the camera height high enough to center the region of interest. I had to switch to the PFA-130 to get the image centered.

Of course, every location will be different. But do keep that in mind
 
JPmedia said:
Just one thing with the PFB203W. It can limit your camera positioning vertically, especially if you're using a varifocal or long lens camera. I have a location where I used one of these mounts and with the camera zoomed in, I couldn't angle the camera height high enough to center the region of interest. I had to switch to the PFA-130 to get the image centered.

Of course, every location will be different. But do keep that in mind
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Yes, agreed. This is altogether similar to mounting the 5442 any camera to the PFA130 or PFB203 any mount bracket/box. There will be some limitations in getting the desired content in the frame due to the hardware's limitations to the range of motion, etc.

Encountered the issue on one cam, and I ended up making a wedge out of pressure treated to get a better angle. Cannot find the thread about it I posted here on IPCT, but I did find an image of a test fit, hence the reference tape is still on the cam

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Commonly refferred to as a cable gland. Most IP cameras come with them, I know the cameras Andy sells do. The bottom bits go over your ethernet cable and make a weather"proof" connection when locked onto the camera side of the cable. You will still want to pack the connection with dielectric grease to ward of moisture, though.

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