nocturnal59 0 Posted April 2, 2009 Just wanted to see how everyone connects the power cable to cctv camera. What method do you use I personaly cut the power connector of a power supply and splice in with the siamese cable. Only thing is my employees always seem to put a few on backwards because it is not clearly marked positive and negative, both cables look black. Not to big of a deal, i just have to change to positive and negative in the power supply, but does get annoying. I bought connectors from ebay with a leed and beenie at the end but they were very crappy(they plastic broke just by touching it). I also seen people cut the power connector off the camera and splice directly in(sure that voids warrenty of the camera) I checked on ebay, has anyone tried these? are they any good? I wish i could order 1 to try, the only sell in 50pack and 100pack. http://cgi.ebay.com/2-1mm-CCTV-Power-Connector-50-pack-70-each-supply_W0QQitemZ110371895819QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item110371895819&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted April 2, 2009 Most of the cameras I use have some form of spring or screw terminals. 12VDC barrel connectors are generally relegated to cheap consumer-grade cams. If I do run into these, I'll usually snip the end off the adapter and connect it to my power-wire run, then connect the rest of the adapter at the other end, as it makes it a lot easier to swap the camera out when it needs service or replacement (which is a lot more common with these sort of cheap cameras). As long as you match up the wires at both ends, it doesn't really matter which is positive or negative. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
