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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Three photos to share related to soffit. First shows two holes in the soffit. Original hole through which the romex and ethernet were in a romex connector together in one exterior box, and the new hole through which I pulled the ethernet cable Second shows second exterior junction box around...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Two stills/"snapshots" to share out of BI, a night shot and the same frame in daylight. Top third /left third corner of shot is arrival, so this location may call for a long lens camera. Top right corner of shot shows an eave just making it into frame, that has ethernet wire and is another...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Thanks - will try to improvise a solution along these lines. My soffit is fiber cement (Hardy plank), and is brittle. Perhaps a solution is a husky block made of exterior grade wood, painted, and mounted to the soffit (preferably on framing behind the soffit), It will be more forgiving of holes...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    I was hoping there might be a base plate (or something) that one can mount, to which different camera boxes can be mounted. Would have been great if there was a universal box to mount cameras on, but so far I am understanding that the mounting box varies for each camera. Changing boxes means...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    I have a T5442T-ZE up on a test rig. Soon cameras will go up on eaves soffits where I already have ethernet. What would be a good way to terminate the ethernet where I have it already at eaves soffits? Specifically, what mounting box or arrangement might be suitable to provide flexibility to...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Now time to start learning Blue Iris. Repurposed an under-utilized i5-6500 build from several years ago, did a clean install of Windows 10, and clean install of BI. This way I can review footage and do some live testing. No-light is the principal challenge at my site.
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Made a test rig from materials already at hand, to get a 5442 to a height of 8 feet 6 inches. Test rig has the vertical 2x4 at one side so the camera can be placed right up to the wall where a permanent install might be. Ran a bright color patch cable from soffit junction box to camera, casually...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Right now the focus is to get cameras operational, later, if desired I could replace the exterior cable with nifty in-wall or interior solutions.
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    By way of clarification - ethernet cable is already at soffit, in a junction box adjacent to the box the twin-head light fixture is on. This is a typical condition around the house. I am trying to go down vertically around six feet, and prefer to run cable outside, rather than conduit or molding...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    It is outdoor rated, but not direct burial. As you said, the jacket is a bit heavier and I'm hoping it will be UV resistant, though time will tell how it holds up over time. Aside: PFB mount just arrived, your input in other thread "Dahua turret mount comparison? " was timely and helpful...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    I appreciate that you are sharing your thinking. Some years ago when I was building this house I knew enough to ask my electrical sub to run me quite a few ethernet runs in the house. I guessed that about half would get used lightly or not at all, and at many places I would wish I had run more...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    That's a typical corner showing relative heights, above and behind varies from location to location, of which there are several.
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    A long ethernet patch cable I had ordered for my test rig arrived. It is exterior rated and has the heft of RG6 coax cable. So far it is looking like it is what I might end up using. Have to figure out what wiring clips to use. At each location, will try to tuck the cable along existing elements...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Thank you for your ideas.
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    No flex in the material. Between rigidity, nails, and caulking, movement is not possible. Effectively it is like masonry.
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Thanks for your input. Surface install of cable or conduit into a suitable mounting box would be preferable. A camera mouning box could perhaps be installed on the vertical corner board. Demolishing the corner board to get below it, or sections of siding to get below it, would create a cascade...
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    Installing ethernet wire from 14-foot eaves soffit to 8-foot camera height

    Request input on possible ways to solve a problem depicted in attached photo. Existing ethernet wire runs are to eaves soffits which are are 14 feet from ground level. The top of the garage door trim is around 8 feet 9 inches, to give a sense of scale. I realize that cameras have to be at...
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