Hi there. So l ran cat 6 wire for my 6 cameras. Took me a LONG while to fish the wires thru the walls, do l left lots of wire at the end where the camera installs on my outdoorbrick..
l had an installer come to install my cameras dahua A21CG02 (analogue HD) to a dahua junction box mounted to my brick. l specifically requested that he leave as much wire in the junction box as possible in case l wanted to convert system to an IP camera system and so would need to put an ethernet jack on the end of the wire. He kept complaining about how he couldn't do this, how space is tight due to baluns, power etc.. just giving me lots of attitude.
He left about 5 inches of the cat6 in the box..3 inched with the insulation on it maybe 2 inches of the wire with the outer insulation stripped where the wire attaches to the video balun and the power connector.
1. My question is what length of cat6 wire do you guys usually leave in the junction box?
2. My fear is that the amount of wire might be kinda tight if l want to get rid of the current HD analogue cameras and update to an ip camera system where l will need to install an ethernet jack on the end of the current wire.
Also, l am worried that maybe these NON IP cameras will be obsellete in say to 20 years down the road when l need to replace the cameras, and l.may not have enough spare wire to install an ethernet jack on the ends of the wire. l would hate to run new wire as pretty much my basement would be finished at that time, and it would be a pain to run new wires.
IN retrospect l think l should have gone with the ip cameras, but l spoke to an installer who strongly advised me against them due to poor vision at nighttime.
Thanks!
l had an installer come to install my cameras dahua A21CG02 (analogue HD) to a dahua junction box mounted to my brick. l specifically requested that he leave as much wire in the junction box as possible in case l wanted to convert system to an IP camera system and so would need to put an ethernet jack on the end of the wire. He kept complaining about how he couldn't do this, how space is tight due to baluns, power etc.. just giving me lots of attitude.
He left about 5 inches of the cat6 in the box..3 inched with the insulation on it maybe 2 inches of the wire with the outer insulation stripped where the wire attaches to the video balun and the power connector.
1. My question is what length of cat6 wire do you guys usually leave in the junction box?
2. My fear is that the amount of wire might be kinda tight if l want to get rid of the current HD analogue cameras and update to an ip camera system where l will need to install an ethernet jack on the end of the current wire.
Also, l am worried that maybe these NON IP cameras will be obsellete in say to 20 years down the road when l need to replace the cameras, and l.may not have enough spare wire to install an ethernet jack on the ends of the wire. l would hate to run new wire as pretty much my basement would be finished at that time, and it would be a pain to run new wires.
IN retrospect l think l should have gone with the ip cameras, but l spoke to an installer who strongly advised me against them due to poor vision at nighttime.
Thanks!