Camera Cable Whip Guide
Author: John Scanlan, Published on Aug 03, 2018
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Comments (6)
Clint Hays
When I was teaching training classes on Mobotix I would stress to techs that they would need biscuits or couplers for each camera as Mobotix provides a patch cable with the camera. The cable has a grommet that seals the camera but if you just popped on your 45 and plugged it in rather than using a coupler you had an unsealed camera
We've recently found two flooded cameras because the techs chose to not do it correctly.
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Shannon Davis
One of the big problems now with the cameras becoming increasingly smaller is installing a cable (pre-made patch cable or self terminated RJ45) is getting it into the camera without degrading the data signal. Some I have worked with recently the cable has to make a sharp 90 degree bend upon entering the camera. Even the large Axis P3707-PE does this as well. Poor engineering IMO.
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
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Undisclosed #3
The turret and bullet style with whip form factor was prevalent in analog days. Maybe it is just easier (cheaper) to continue to use all the tooling and processes already in place and just change the guts of the camera. The "easier-to-waterproof" theory is solid. I wonder if there is a correlation between the competency of the installer and the price point of the camera as Dahua and Hikvision are largely used because they are low cost. In my experience, lower competency typically means more likeness of improper installation.
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