Recent content by ICPete

Here's a (grainy) picture of the Color4K-T180 taken with my cell phone in late afternoon (cropped), just to show the mounting location under the eave. The eave protrudes about 18 inches out from the wall. The rain protection will be a bit better once I get the gutters installed.

Well it's been over a year. I installed the CAT6 in the shed walls while they were open, along with 4" round boxes at the four camera locations. I ended up going with LC-LC fiber and the 10Gtek transceivers for the 250-ft trench run. Today I finally finished installing the four cameras: two...

Hi Andy, just sent you a screenshot of my Amazon camera order, via your email address. I identified my forum screen name (ICPete) in the email. Please enter me into your lottery.

I found this after a little more searching: Gigabit Ethernet Multi-Mode LC Fiber Media Converter (SFP SX Transceiver Included), up to 550M, 10/100/1000Base-Tx to 1000Base-SX https://a.co/d/d9W5wNd (I suspect that link won't work right in this post). It's a CAT6-to-fiber converter for $29 each...

The 350 MCM aluminum conductors for the 240/120 VAC power are running in a separate 3" PVC conduit (same trench).

Only a 2-conductor 18 AWG 24 VDC cable for the Rapid Shutdown switch for the photovoltaic system. It's 0.26" diameter, also rated for outdoor and direct burial. Actually two of those cables, as I plan to pull a spare.

I may go ahead and pull the CAT6 and see how it works. The conduit is 1-1/2" PVC buried about 24" deep. It will remain accessible at both ends (of course), and I can add a separate pulling string when I pull the wire. So running fiber in the future should be straightforward, if it becomes...

Thank you Tony. I will research those options. Praying for your speedy recovery; that sounds very painful.

If a switch includes an SFP port, is that RJ45 and then you need an adapter (transceiver) to connect to fiber? Or are there switches that include an optical port?

Well I already bought the direct burial rated CAT6 (1000 ft spool from Vertical Cable). I suppose I could resell it on eBay. I found a 250-ft fiber patch cable (LC connectors) on Amazon. But if I wanted to pull bulk fiber and terminate it myself, where would I look for connectors and an assembly...

Hi, Pete here, new member. I'm planning to install some cameras for my home; maybe as many as 8 eventually. Right now my immediate need is to wire the attic of my new shed that is under construction, preferably before blowing in attic insulation. The shed is 16 x 24 with a gable roof, 8:12...

I'm looking at the IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E. On Amazon it shows the price as $234.99, same as you show in the Autumn Sale Flyer PDF document. On the IPCT Store site it gives the price as $255.10. So no problem; I'll order it via Amazon (I'm in the continental US). Just curious why the difference?