When installs dont go to plan

[gazdkw82]

I had a job for a friend. Install 6 cctv cameras. I ordered the correct size clips and planned the position of the cameras. The cameras where mounted on JB boxes which meant I could keep the connections away from the elements.

All cables where ran to one corner if the house and then into a Schneider JB. This is where it went wrong.

I didn't realise that all the knock outs where 25mm. I didn't have any 25mm glands so I had to go and get some.

Managed to get some and upon screwing them in it was obvious the moulding on the inside would not allow 2 25mm glands next to each other.

I spent the next 2 hours cutting away at the inside of the box, shaving the glands down.....just trying to.make it work.

It really frustrated me and its a lesson to take more notice of how the install which pan out before attempting to install

 

[gazdkw82]

Thankyou. I'll certainly look at this for any further cctv installs I do.

Installing the cameras and routing cables was a doddle. Actually getting those chunky connectors through glands and the doubke skin wall was less friendly

 

[telectrix]

Thankyou. I'll certainly look at this for any further cctv installs I do.

Installing the cameras and routing cables was a doddle. Actually getting those chunky connectors through glands and the doubke skin wall was less friendly

get some coax and some BNCs and have a practice.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTbLfBDZ5ZM

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watching that video, i think he left too much bare conductor behind the centre pin and too little screen under the sleeve. but each has his own method.

 

[KWCFC]

It's very rare that I ever use the cables that come with Cctv kits! I usually use shotgun cable or cat5 and put your own ends on, makes life soooo much easier.

I think that's why the post is confusing me because I've always done this also.

It's well worth learning how to do the ends.

 

[Dustydazzler]

It’s only camera cable. Just twist the ends together and wrap in tape.

sorry. Wrong forum. I thought this was the “bodge it and scarper” site.

Seen that so often its not even funny anymore, I have even seen the bare ends just twisted and left flapping the wind....

 

[sinewove]

This is how we all learn and gain experience mate,and as time goes by snags are overcome with less effort and stress. You might have been better off with an ordinary IP65 adaptable box which can be drilled for your choice of gland size and positions but we all get unexpected problems, I tend to swear quite a lot.

Had a camera job with a friend helping,who said mount them on w/p boxes like your method.I said no,too easy to steal,so I screwed them to the walls with boxes at the side.All the cameras got stolen anyway.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Reminds me of a building site in Wimbledon the burglar alarm was stolen.

 

[Intoelectrics]

I had a job for a friend. Install 6 cctv cameras. I ordered the correct size clips and planned the position of the cameras. The cameras where mounted on JB boxes which meant I could keep the connections away from the elements.

All cables where ran to one corner if the house and then into a Schneider JB. This is where it went wrong.

I didn't realise that all the knock outs where 25mm. I didn't have any 25mm glands so I had to go and get some.

Managed to get some and upon screwing them in it was obvious the moulding on the inside would not allow 2 25mm glands next to each other.

I spent the next 2 hours cutting away at the inside of the box, shaving the glands down.....just trying to.make it work.

It really frustrated me and its a lesson to take more notice of how the install which pan out before attempting to install

Just put it down to experience and try to learn from it for next time. We've all been there, part of becoming a good trades person is learning to adapt when things don't go to plan. Problem solving is also a required skill, making mistakes and learning from them helps you towards achieving this.

I like to consider all options before just going ahead with one single method. Sometimes the "normal" method is not suitable and an alternative is better. So long as the job is relatively neat, functional, safe and to at least the minimum standard required by regulations then you have achieved your goal.

Learning to get it neat and tidy is sometimes a skill acquired by experience. There have been plenty of jobs over the years that I would go back to and change just for aesthetics, mainly for my own pride, even when the customer is more than happy with the job in the first place.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Reminds me of a building site in Wimbledon the burglar alarm was stolen.

sounds like a Del Boy sketch...

 

[R-fur]

There is a fire station near me, years ago they went out on a shout and forgot to turn the cooker off, set fire to the kitchen.