A customer contacted CCTV Camera Pros with the following question related to CCTV cables:

I have a small hole drilled in the brick that leads to the dvr in my living room. If I run your CCTV cable, can I cut the 3 connectors off of the end so I will be able to re-connect them again on other side after I feed the cable through the wall?

CCTV Camera Pros provided the following support:

If you are using pre-made CCTV cables like the ones on the link below, then you can not cut the connector ends off and replace them.

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/CCTV-Security-Camera-Cables-s/258.htm

You should use RG59 siamese cable which is made so that you can attach connectors after you run and cut the cable to your exact length desired:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/RG59-Siamese-CCTV-Cable-s/259.htm

You can see how to connect BNC crimp on connectors to RG59 cable in this video.

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/RG59-Siamese-CCTV-Cable-s/259.htm#how-to-connect-bnc

Please let us know if we can help further.

Thank You for contacting CCTV Camera Pros. We carry guaranteed 95% copper RG59 Siamese cable which can be found here:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/RG59-Siamese-CCTV-Cable-s/259.htm

On that same page you can also find male and female power pig tail leads, AKA PT-3 and PT-4 leads.

We recommend either using crimp on BNC connectors or BNC compression connectors which can be found here:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/CCTV-BNC-Crimp-p/bncmalecrim.htm

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/CCTV-Connector-p/bnc-male-connecttight.htm

If you feel like coming down to South Florida next month, we will be hosting a small seminar on NUUO surveillance systems. You can find out more here:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Palm-Beach-Surveillance-System-Seminar-s/320.htm

If you have any follow up questions, please us this forum.

Thank You.
-Mike

Someone from Florida contacted CCTV Camera Pros with the following questions:

A Google search led me to you and now I see you are in Florida (where the house my wife and I bought) is as well (Parrish, FL).

Here is the deal - I have experience in alarm systems and home wiring so I took a run at doing cameras around our house since we are only here part of the year. 16 Channel Swann DVR, basic cameras that came with it and supplemented by some odds and ends to fit specific needs.

DVR is on the air and three of the cameras came up fine. Those three all used the kit cables that came along with the system. The others I have to say were all wired with pre-made cables off of Ebay 150 ft or less. I pulled a camera down this morning to check it on the DVR and sure enough the camera is fine.

OK so I had to learn the hard way!! :-) I do bulk cable and make my own network and video cables, who knows why I thought I should go the way I did.

So now I am looking for bulk Siamese cable that is GOOD stuff for openers (pulling in a Florida attic was not my idea of fun the first time - doing it again.... well.....

I guess that means I need BNC connectors to go along with it and I suppose if I am to do it "right" compression would be the right answer?

What I don't see is the male and female power connectors to go along with the BNC's.

Can you point me to the right parts and numbers for all of this so I am not guessing?