emsgeorge Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 I've always installed coax and some flat twin flex for power to cameras when doing my own stuff / private jobs. When subbing, it has always depended on what we were supplied at site, some gave coax shotgun cable, some reels of flex and 59, or cat5 and flex for power. Now we are installing more and more cat5 type cables - not only for ip systems, but also for analogue stuff, on the premise of 'makes upgrading easy'. Last week, we had 10 reels of cat5 shotgun cable, with a run to each camera, balun on the end to convert to bnc. What are people using ? Is everyone still using coax , or are people putting in cat5 even on analogue installs ?
Adi Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 External grade cat 5 to everything, have done for years. I really can't be ar**** with it anymore.
whistle Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 We are almost 100% cat 5 these days and have been for about 3 years now.
james.wilson Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Cat5 shotgun? Ive never seen that? securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
sixwheeledbeast Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Cat5 shotgun? Ive never seen that? Yes, I have seen it but never used it. Very popular with Home Automation and AV installers.
breff Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 http://www.systemq.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?search=action&category=3540&keywords=all Cat5 shotgun? Ive never seen that? The opinions I express are mine and are usually correct! (Except when I'm wrong)(which I'm not)
james.wilson Posted January 27, 2014 Posted January 27, 2014 Ta breff securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount.
emsgeorge Posted January 27, 2014 Author Posted January 27, 2014 I used the cat5 shotgun from adata last week. Actually nice stuff to work with, compared to the dirt cheap cat5 some supply us with ...... Thanks for the replies gents, I might switch to cat5 and baluns for installs now, to future proof it, and also means in a pinch I can run a further 3 cameras on the other pairs.
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