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where do you get that it would cost $400 extra to go that route? cat5 is cheaper than rg59 most places; good baluns can be had for <$10 pair; and you don't need to run separate power. The extra cost comes from the fact that I already own 8 100ft BNC/power cables.

I have an 8 camera system that I previously had installed in my old house. I installed it post-construction over the course of about a week and a lot of hard man hours. It uses standard BNC/power cables for the cameras. I'm currently having a house built and would like to be able to install the wiring for the cameras during the rough in for electrical. I've talked to my contractor and he has told me that he does not do low voltage work, but gave me the name of a guy who does. I feel like it would be significantly cheaper for me to do it myself, and with no drywall up I think it would be very simple. My question: What kind of code do I need to adhere to when running the cable? I know for running 120 a big thing that they look at during inspection is that each side of the cable is terminated (for obvious reasons). If I just have security camera wire hanging out of a box, am I going to fail electrical inspection? When is low voltage generally installed? Would I be better off spending the extra ~$400 and putting in cat5 with baluns instead? Thanks!