Hi, first time posting here. 20 years ago I worked for a major security wholesaler - the market has certainly changed since then! Anyway I've got some cameras on their way to install on my home, and I have 2 questions.
Reading the info on here, I see it's OK to mount a turret on a junction box straight off the wall, eg use a PFA130 junction box rather than a PFB203 wall mount. I feel this will give a neater, sleeker finish in my situation. I want to mount one camera on a corner though as illustrated in attached picture, angling across the front of the house. The camera style is like in the attachment. If I mount it "right way up" from the wall, ie with the cut out on the bottom so it can be angled down, it looks like the housing would severely limit how far the camera can be rotated to the side. Is there any reason the base can't be mounted sideways, or even rotated 45°, to enable the camera to swivel around to the side further? I can't really see why not, unless it causes issues with rain getting in the cover.
The second question is to do with the junction box. I'm using one so I can just drill a hole in the brick for the cat6, and not a big hole for the waterproof connector. The spec sheet says PFA130-E is the junction box to use, but I came across PFA137 that seems to have camera mounting holes in the right places, is a little slimmer/neater, and a little cheaper as a bonus. Are there any disadvantages to this? Does it have room to fit the pigtail with the waterproof connector?
TIA for any input.
Reading the info on here, I see it's OK to mount a turret on a junction box straight off the wall, eg use a PFA130 junction box rather than a PFB203 wall mount. I feel this will give a neater, sleeker finish in my situation. I want to mount one camera on a corner though as illustrated in attached picture, angling across the front of the house. The camera style is like in the attachment. If I mount it "right way up" from the wall, ie with the cut out on the bottom so it can be angled down, it looks like the housing would severely limit how far the camera can be rotated to the side. Is there any reason the base can't be mounted sideways, or even rotated 45°, to enable the camera to swivel around to the side further? I can't really see why not, unless it causes issues with rain getting in the cover.
The second question is to do with the junction box. I'm using one so I can just drill a hole in the brick for the cat6, and not a big hole for the waterproof connector. The spec sheet says PFA130-E is the junction box to use, but I came across PFA137 that seems to have camera mounting holes in the right places, is a little slimmer/neater, and a little cheaper as a bonus. Are there any disadvantages to this? Does it have room to fit the pigtail with the waterproof connector?
TIA for any input.
