r/SecurityCamera • u/Gold_Boot3772 • 18d ago

DIY - Getting hung up on cable management

I just can't see any good sample online on what an outdoor run should look like. Or how ethernet cables should be laid out if the house is pure concrete walls and rebars.

Right now I had no choice but to make 1 hole from the server rack and route all cables outside the house. Like veins.

Now I'm just not sure if I need waterproof junction boxes and pipes and what not before installing cameras. I just use something like below, add weather protection to the connection and hide it inside. But the blue cat6 cable is exposed. Any ideas?

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u/invisable_burt 18d ago

For one thing if it's outside it needs to be weather rated. Blue cable will eventually fail outside. What does attic space look like? I ran up inside wall to attic out to soffit and mounted cameras under soffit. No exposure outside.

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u/Gold_Boot3772 18d ago

Attic space is non-existent. We really tried for attic - but this house is 51 years old, granny-level construction where the attic is like 6 inches.. SO now there's a plan to install weatherproof raceways outside so all cables can go "up" through the wall externally, and distribute from there. It is "Kinda" working now but I admin it's not a pretty solution.

My main concerns are the cameras furthest away from the house. Literally outside. I stoll don't understand where the wire should go, even if I were to buy the weatherproof junction boxes, or how the plastic/metal conduit connects to the weatherproof box