Waterproof connected for PFB203W

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kickstart24

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Can anyone link a waterproof connecter that works with the PFB203W?

I'm looking at this one on amazon: (), but I am not sure how this would work. The pigtail connecter on the T54IR-ZE-S3 is female, and the terminated ethernet coming out of the house is male. It seems like these waterproof connecters are all used to make male-male connections.
 
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Why not come out of your camera's female pigtail with your male-terminated RJ-45, run cable out the hole, plug the hole with a plug of duct seal? Roll a ball of duct seal the size of a ping pong ball, lay it around the cable, push into the hole, with your fingers form a seal on inside and outside of the box. Be sure to use dielectric grease on the male-female connections, in and out. Do not get any of the dielectric grease in your eyes.

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TonyR said:
Why not come out of your camera's female pigtail with your male-terminated RJ-45, run cable out the hole, plug the hole with a plug of duct seal? Roll a ball of duct seal the size of a ping pong ball, lay it around the cable, push into the hole, with your fingers form a seal on inside and outside of the box. Be sure to use dielectric grease on the male-female connections, in and out. Do not get any of the dielectric grease in your eyes.

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Thanks. How are people using waterproof connectors? Even, for example, with a soffit camera installation, the Ethernet wire coming out of the house is male end and the pigtail on the camera is female
 
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Thanks. How are people using waterproof connectors? Even, for example, with a soffit camera installation, the Ethernet wire coming out of the house is male end and the pigtail on the camera is female
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Exterior cameras come with a built-in waterproof connector. I'm confused, you say you have a T54IR-ZE-S3. I have one of those as well and it has a water-proof connector on it.
 
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Thanks. How are people using waterproof connectors? Even, for example, with a soffit camera installation, the Ethernet wire coming out of the house is male end and the pigtail on the camera is female
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A multi-piece "weatherproof" connector is generally furnished with each camera. This one shown is aftermarket and allows assembly with a male RJ-45 already crimped on the Ethernet cable, most do not.....you run the cable through part of it and then crimp it.

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I would still use this in a "weatherproof" junction box or place out of direct exposure to the elements and would dab dielectric grease in the female (camera end) before plugging in the male in all cases.

If there is no junction box and this is to be directly exposed to weather after testing I would futher protect this connector with an overall wrap of self-fusing rubber tape followed by a tight wrap of 3M 33+ tape as per this procedure => here.
 
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+1 above.

Dielectric grease is a must.

And those connectors are not waterproof...
 
TonyR said:
A multi-piece "weatherproof" connector is generally furnished with each camera. This one shown is aftermarket and allows assembly with a male RJ-45 already crimped on the Ethernet cable, most do not.....you run the cable through part of it and then crimp it.

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I would still use this in a "weatherproof" junction box or place out of direct exposure to the elements and would dab dielectric grease in the female (camera end) before plugging in the male in all cases.

If there is no junction box and this is to be directly exposed to weather after testing I would futher protect this connector with an overall wrap of self-fusing rubber tape followed by a tight wrap of 3M 33+ tape as per this procedure => here.
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Thanks! So if I want to use a 5442 with a PFB203W, I would just need to use dielectric grease at the female end coming out of the camera, make the connection, wrap it in self-fusing tape, overwrap with 3m 33+, and close the hole with duct seal?
 
There is nothing exposed directly to the elements, per se, with the PFB203W bracket. But you should still practice the added weatherproofing steps. Typically the bracket's mount cleat is placed over the hole where the cable exits the wall surface. I do recall seeing a removable rubber piece on one of the brackets sides to allow a CAT5/6 sized cable in/out.

Regardless of the two options noted above, the housing has ample space to house the "weather proof" cable connection on the end of the camera's pigtail that @TonyR posted a pic of. Echoing the suggestion of @TonyR... definitely use dielectric grease on the connection, as condensate will still occur at some point as the daily temps fluctuate.
 
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