Re: How to rewire outside camera?

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Oct 26, 9:03=A0pm, Unused Classified <strangw...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I had a DVR security system installed in my house 2 years ago.
>
> One cam is up a tree in the back yard and it stopped working.
>
> I climbed up the tree to check the connection, the power connection is
> okay but the video connection is rusted and ruined and I had to cut it
> out.
>
> Now I have two wires that need connectors and then need to be spliced
> together.
>
> The cable that runs from the house is like a thick cable TV cable.
>
> The other one, the one from the camera, =A0is much thinner, and the
> connector was like a stereo plug.
>
> What=92s the best way to splice these wires considering they have to
> survive the rain and cold?
>
> I know I could buy the 2 connectors, splice the wires and wrap them in
> tape and the plug them into an adapter.
>
> This would be more vulnerable than the connection that just rusted.
>
> Is there a better way? Thanks

Just make the connections in a plastic outdoor rated outlet box with a
gasket cover and with water seal gasketed wire fittings and silicone
the crap out of it.