Hi mat200, I've thought of a PoE switch but I'm not quite done with trying other options. I'll be taking the camera down again today, so I can run a few more test. If all goes well I'll reinstall, only this time I'm going to use plastic inserts as isolators, which I hope will eliminate my chicken wire hypothesis. Stay tuned for more updates and again if there are any other Security camera Einsteins out there your insight will be much appreciated. So here goes one more time! Wish me luck!!Get a small poe switch and try that with the cameras .. if a dahua nvr you can manually add the camera from the lan ip side