Re: CCTV with Cat5 and what I've learned.

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:40:07 AM UTC-4, michael...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Friday, January 18, 2013 6:21:16 PM UTC+13, Jim wrote:
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> I've been doing this a long time & if you do a little ground work you can=
 make life easy & profitable. I can complete a 16 camera instal (average si=
ze premises) in one day. A few labor saving methods can make the instal a b=
reeze, keep it all uniform, tidy & professional. By using pre-made 20 meter=
 siamese cable 75-3 at US$4 + freight or 40 meter at US$6 from a decent man=
ufacturer your winning. These cables are BC foil shielded & braided. The pi=
cture is no different than RG59. I don't think digital HD is going to preva=
il in the industry so you are best using 75-3 (minimum) as this cable can b=
e used for the new HD-CVI systems available from Dahua both 720P & 1080P (b=
rilliant leap) These systems & cameras are cheap, HD, far more functional t=
han previous systems. At cost of 4ch with varifocal 2.8-12 m cams for under=
 $200 total & 1Mp (720P) you'd be stupid to instal anything else. Please do=
n't waste your time with cat5, it's not professional, it looks hacked, ridi=
culous for servicing or troubleshooting & it's far too labor intensive. a d=
ecent cctv cable 20m should weigh 600grams & 40m at least 1kg. All of your =
smart work is done in sourcing the cables, dvr's & cameras.

Yeah ...... sure ..... Cheaper is better ...... right?=20

And in one day you ( all by yourself) are going to run wires to all the cam=
eras in a 50,000 sq ft factory with giant CNC machines running .... climbin=
g over metal stock racks stacked 15 foot high along the walls, employees ge=
tting in your way, keeping out of the way of fork lifts, while moving ladde=
rs and Hi-lows down aisles, and setting up scaffolding inside and outside t=
he building, mounting the cameras, setting varifocal lens, setting up multi=
ple monitors, programing and setting up the networking of the DVR     Yep .=
.... Uh-huh. Suuuuuure you are. =20

You must be the guy that sold one of my customers all Korean cheap crap wit=
h wires draped like clothes line all over the place. I do quality, long las=
ting, trouble free, total satisfaction custom installations in every thing =
I do. Cheap is cheap. Quality cost more. If someone can't afford what I cha=
rge then it's their loss. It's my reputation that keep me busy, not low pri=
ces.