PoE cam pigtail cut/rejoin?
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:09 pm
Hi all,
I figure this has to be a common enough occurrence/problem that's it's been solved already, but I can't find anything..
The PoE ethernet cam boot + pigtail on most cams I've seen are of course quite a bit bigger in diameter than the cable itself (from the cam to the jack/connectors). I want to run the cable through ceiling/wall, make the cam flush with the surface and so want to drill the smallest hole as possible - which would be the cable diameter, however the ethernet boot/jack is much larger obviously.
Is there any solution out there for making this as error free as possible when cutting the cable (running it through the wall) and reconnecting it to on the inside? Seems like maybe punch blocks that then mate together would be more ideal than just twisting the wires together w/electrical tape..? Heatshink maybe but I don't have this..
I _assume_ most people would rather make as small a hole as possible in a wall/ceiling and so would have run up against this/have some suggestions - maybe not.
In one external cam case I bought an additional wall mount/ring and coiled the cable it in there and just ran the ethernet cable itself through the wall, but this next case is a low profile cam/something I want to keep as clean/least visible as possible.
Thanks!
I figure this has to be a common enough occurrence/problem that's it's been solved already, but I can't find anything..
The PoE ethernet cam boot + pigtail on most cams I've seen are of course quite a bit bigger in diameter than the cable itself (from the cam to the jack/connectors). I want to run the cable through ceiling/wall, make the cam flush with the surface and so want to drill the smallest hole as possible - which would be the cable diameter, however the ethernet boot/jack is much larger obviously.
Is there any solution out there for making this as error free as possible when cutting the cable (running it through the wall) and reconnecting it to on the inside? Seems like maybe punch blocks that then mate together would be more ideal than just twisting the wires together w/electrical tape..? Heatshink maybe but I don't have this..
I _assume_ most people would rather make as small a hole as possible in a wall/ceiling and so would have run up against this/have some suggestions - maybe not.
In one external cam case I bought an additional wall mount/ring and coiled the cable it in there and just ran the ethernet cable itself through the wall, but this next case is a low profile cam/something I want to keep as clean/least visible as possible.
Thanks!