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Hi folks I'm planning to do a CCTV installation with Cat5 for the first time as I have always used coax. Can anyone recommend whether to use screened or unscreened Cat5 & also should it be Cat5 e enhanced ? Thanks csorts

Thank you ssmith10pn for your reply & advice. I just saw a pic of your mentioned Maglock on the Dortroncs website, the Maglock is very similar to the one I have with the male thread. The thread on my Maglock is 20mm so I have found a way to use 20mm flexible metal conduit to loop on the hinge of one of the gate leafs(there is no header on the gate) & run to the Maglock, I'll use a 20mm glavanised coupler & attach this to the Maglock & then screw in the flexible conduit (with the conduit 20mm fitting) into the coupler. This is the Maglock I have. http://www.icssecurity.co.uk/Electric_Locking_Devices_GL1200NTBR_Stainless_Steel_Magnet.asp Thank you

Hi folks I am installing a maglock on a gate & I am running a 16mm (20mm is too wide) flexible conduit along one of the gate leafs to the maglock, I have seen available 16mm fittings(please see below) with a male thread that connects to the flexible conduit however the maglock has a 20mm male thread ? http://www.adaptaflex.com/products.asp?ID=96 Are there 20mm to 16mm connector reducers available, one idea I had was to use a 20mm galvanised steel coupler to screw onto the maglock & then push the 10mm flexible metal conduit into the coupler. Not ideal but its all I can muster at the moment. Using 20mm flexible conduit would be ideal but I can't use it as there is a small channel on the gate that only 16mm will fit. Also the gate is two leafs & is a typical school playground gate finished in plastic coating, the bars are about 15mm diameter, I was looking to cable tie the flexible conduit along the gate to the maglock, is this OK or is there a more professional way to do it ? Would appreciate it if anyone has any solutions. Thanks all.

Thank you for your quick reply. Just to confirm that by trebling up the three pairs of cat 5e would give me an approx. cable of 19 AWG ? The reason I ask this is because I now have one extra much longer run of cable to be run to a distance of 80 metres & hoped that the 19 AWG would handle that job. I have shotgun CCTV cable with a pair of 1mm power cable which is an option that I can use. Thank you

Hi everyone I'm installing eyeball dome cameras with infra red with 270ma consumption when LEDs are on. The average runs are 40 metres & I am using cat 5e to each camera. I am aware that the cat 5e is 24 AWG (0.21 mm), if I twist together the remaining three pairs of the cat5e for 12 volt dc power what would the cable AWG be ? I'm thinking 19 AWG (0.65 mm) ? Is it that simple ? Thank you CS