Filling up this hole so it looks neat

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Johnman

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Mar 18, 2020
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Hi
Had to drill this hole to get the female ethernet port in.
How would you fill this up so it looks neat but so I can easily cut it out again if I need to take the camera off for any reason in the future
the material is steel

I was thinking of grey silicone as I can pretty easily cut it out if I need to take the camera off for any reason in the future

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Wow. It's a little late now but this would have been a perfect reason to use the correct junction box under the cam to house and protect the pigtail, thus requiring only a 3/8" hole for the CAT-5e or 6 cable.

I'd plug that hole with duct seal, a pliable, non-hardening dough.

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I would look for a rubber grommet of some type. You would need to get one a little bigger than the hole you drilled, and with a split in it so it will allow only the cable to fit in the center hole tightly. Most electronics suppliers have these, and home depot/menards has some too.

Or, the easy way is to use @TonyR method. It works and may be cheaper.

Lesson learned. Junction boxes are the way to go. With these a much smaller hole can be drilled and once cable is passed through, sealed up with a little silicon calk. Cables get stuffed into the junction box.
 
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weigle2 said:
I would look for a rubber grommet of some type. You would need to get one a little bigger than the hole you drilled, and with a split in it so it will allow only the cable to fit in the center hole tightly. Most electronics suppliers have these, and home depot/menards has some too.

Or, the easy way is to use @TonyR method. It works and may be cheaper.

Lesson learned. Junction boxes are the way to go. With these a much smaller hole can be drilled and once cable is passed through, sealed up with a little silicon calk. Cables get stuffed into the junction box.
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Thanks Ill try the grommet

Yeh crap didnt know about junction boxes. Its not big deal though. Ill just cover the hole
 
Oh yeh and about those junction boxes

I have a bullet camera DS-2CD2042WD-I
and 2 dome ones - DS-2CD2142FWD-I

for the bullet is this the only junction box? WOuld prefer the lowest profile I can get;
DS-1280ZJ-XS:
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CB110 DS-1280ZJ-DM18

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Johnman said:
I found a grommet but this one looks better then the one I found. Care to share where I can buy these or give me a part number?
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