Exterior conduit for CAT5

[thebraketester]

Hi.

I am currently installing a CCTV system on our house. I need to drop 2 cables from the loft/soffits down to front and rear walls.

The camera brackets accept a cable from below as shown in the pic.



Is it best just to run the conduit along side the camera mount and just loop the cable back up into the box? Or is there a "proper" way of doing such a thing?


Thanks

[chasingracecars]

Use exterior spec Cat5 cable.

Not the easiet to terminate but much thicker insulation and gel to stop water Ingres.

[thebraketester]

chasingracecars said:

Use exterior spec Cat5 cable.

Not the easiet to terminate but much thicker insulation and gel to stop water Ingres.

So exterior grade cat5 and no conduit?

[chasingracecars]

You can put it in conduit but it’s though enough to prevent birds and small animals. Recon a rat would still get through it though.

I would just use the exterior Cat5 on its own.

[VEX]

I agree with chasingracecar.

Use external grade cat5e or cat6 but I would try to hide it. Putting it into conduit just advertise it is there even more.

We tend to run the cable down the back of gutting down pipes and have the camera at the corners of the house.

Does that make sense?

[thebraketester]

VEX said:

I agree with chasingracecar.

Use external grade cat5e or cat6 but I would try to hide it. Putting it into conduit just advertise it is there even more.

We tend to run the cable down the back of gutting down pipes and have the camera at the corners of the house.

Does that make sense?

Yes is does and thats not a bad idea actually. And would probably mean a better angle/view if its to one side of our front wall as opposed to the middle as I was planning. Any ideas where I could get some external grade stuff tomorrow?

Thank guys.

[thebraketester]

Think I have found somewhere that will sell it by the meter... TLC. Result

[chasingracecars]

TLC if your in the south...

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Inde...

Probably cheaper but you would have to wait until Tuesday as they don’t ship weekends...

https://www.comms-express.com/categories/armoured-...

[thebraketester]

chasingracecars said:

TLC if your in the south...

https://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Inde...

Probably cheaper but you would have to wait until Tuesday as they don’t ship weekends...

https://www.comms-express.com/categories/armoured-...

See above :-) Just found they have a place in Watford, perfect.

Thank again.

[chasingracecars]

thebraketester said:

See above :-) Just found they have a place in Watford, perfect.

Thank again.

It took me longer then 1 minute to type it up!

[DrDeAtH]

Kenable.co.uk will also sell the cable in cut lengths. Also all the other bits you may need..

[mickmcpaddy]

Cant you drop it down the cavity. String with a weight on the end, spanner etc. drill a hole where the camera is going, hook the string with a coat hanger, tie on cable and pull back into loft.

[thebraketester]

mickmcpaddy said:

Cant you drop it down the cavity. String with a weight on the end, spanner etc. drill a hole where the camera is going, hook the string with a coat hanger, tie on cable and pull back into loft.

Not possible as there is no cavity.

[renfro]

Is this a bracket for a Hikvision dome camera? I installed this very bracket a few weeks ago. You can route the cable in via the top or bottom of the mount, the top entry would require a hacksaw to remove a tab of metal.
Included with the dome camera is an IP66 rated RJ45 coupler/weather seal. This would sit inside the 'arm' part of the bracket, which is angled downwards, so any water shouldn't pool inside it.
I used a length of outdoor cat5, tacked to the brickwork. No conduit. Youll need an RJ45 crimp tool to put a couple of connectors on each side of the CAT5. A small bead of silicone where the top of the bracket meets the wall to finish off. So far so good!

[thebraketester]

Correct, it is indeed. The only knock out on this one is at the bottom.

Ext. grade Cat5 picked up this morning. Got all the RJ45 tools the other day before I started installing the NVR and camera on the shed.

Edited by thebraketester on Saturday 20th January 13:47

[thebraketester]

All done. That worked out perfectly Vex and much better than conduit.

PH comes up trumps again.

Rich