Underground Wireing Question

[programmergeek 0]

I had sprinklers installed and when this happened I had them pull some extra tubes to run various items around the yard. This got screwed up so I have to run basically everything through one tube now. My question is what cable should I use and will it work.

I want about 5 cameras through this tube. In the same tube will also be alarm wire with 12v on it and speaker wire.

I am planning on using cat5e direct burrial the stuff with the gel.

 

Is cat5e with blams the way to go? The runs will be 200' at the max.

Should I use Shelded cat5e? Is the shielded harder to pull or thicker?

also what else do I need to in case I upgrade to PTZ? should I also pull 22/2 for a ptz?

 

Thanks in advance for the advice.

[Soundy 1]

Shielded is not necessary. Direct burial is a good idea.

 

What voltage are your cameras? You can run power on the Cat5e, but you'll get half the current draw and less voltage loss if you run 24VAC rather than 12VDC.

 

Depending on the PTZ's current draw, you COULD run power on two pairs of the Cat5 and control on another, but that will really only be feasible with a 24VAC unit. You'd be better, instead of using a separate with for PTZ control, running a line of 18/2 or 16/2 strictly for the PTZ's power...

[programmergeek 0]

So I will not get interferance in the cat5e from the 12v alarm items that is good to know. Unshielded it is.