shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 This is an odd one, at least to me. So, I got my ptz and the female power end on the camera will only fit the cameras power supply, not the male end of my bnc/power cable. It looks like it should fit. I mean it's gota be a just a hair off somehow, but I tried- no go. The camera is a chinese camera and so is the cheap premade bnc/power cable I'm using. Aside from cheap, chinese into chinese and no fit?! The power supply for the camera does fit the bnc/power cable, however, and of course straight into the camera as well . It's Just the cameras female end itself not fitting my power connection from the cable. DOH! Any ideas? I mean, I could run power right out to the camera, but I was planning on a 25' bnc/pwer cable running into the house and powering it from that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted March 31, 2012 I assume this is a barrel-type power connector? There are a lot of minor variations in these things, often in the size of the center conductor... it's really not unusual. The camera's center pin is probably a little bigger than the cable's, so the cable's smaller hole won't fit it, but the other end's smaller pin does fit the power supply's larger hole. Easy solution: run down to the local Radio Shack or parts store and find a connector that will fit the camera, then solder or splice that onto the end of the cable. One of our distributors got a whole series of LCD monitors in once that the included power adapters didn't fit the monitors' power jacks (fortunately the manufacturer was quick to swap the power supplies for them). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 Yep- barrel ends and this is a smidge off, just like you explained. Never ran into this with ANY barrel ends on anything. Weird. I figured a trip RS would be in order. Thanks for confirming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted March 31, 2012 The other thing you could do, to save the trip, is snip both power ends off the cable... snip the barrel off the power supply, splice it to the camera end of the cable, and splice the power supply directly to the other end of the cable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 Yeah well...I'm scared to do that! Lol. I don't mind snipping the cheap cable, but snipping the power wire from the camera scares the crap outa me. Once that's done... I just heard from the seller and apparently his cable fits fine. Wouldn't you know, they sell it in all lengths. Surprise, surprise. Very short bucks, in week problem solved. Could it be their barrels are slightly different then all the rest? Who knows, if it fits it fits. All I know is that as I go on with this freakin camera hobby, I'm amassing LOTS of cable! LOL! I'd sell it but there's always that thought- what if I expand even more. Good grief. Other than that, this camera is really good thus far as I set up the options- a TON of them. Everything you could want. As long as it keeps tickin when I hang it, cool beans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted March 31, 2012 Yep- barrel ends and this is a smidge off, just like you explained. Never ran into this with ANY barrel ends on anything. Weird. hi shock. we had this problem last year with a guy who bought his own PTZ. he also cut power cable and added stander ends and it would not work. what we found was the camera is very low powered both in volts and amps and will only run on local power. i think if you look at your camera spec it will be 12v 350ma ..... this is too small to use extended cables over a distance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted March 31, 2012 Yeah well...I'm scared to do that! Lol. I don't mind snipping the cheap cable, but snipping the power wire from the camera scares the crap outa me. Once that's done... No no... leave the camera connector intact. Basically you're just taking the connector off the power supply, and adding it to the other end of your extension wire, so it can plug into the camera Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 Oh, I gotcha Matt. Last resort I'll do that. I hear you also Tom. Ideally I wanted a 25' cable figuring it would be short enough to avoid starving the camera for power. His shortest cable is 50'. I'll see how it does. It's gonna have to keep the dome/fan/heater/IR's happy. If it doesn't, I'll have to put the power supply right off the camera end in some kind of weather tight box and extend a power source to it. The camera will be under an eave, so at least there's decent cover there. We'll see. Thanks again. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted March 31, 2012 Oh, I gotcha Matt. Last resort I'll do that. Matt is right it is a common way of getting power to cameras. i would not spend money on buying cable from china. I hear you also Tom. Ideally I wanted a 25' cable figuring it would be short enough to avoid starving the camera for power. His shortest cable is 50'. can you list what it says on your camera power supply that came with camera. with it having a specific power plug. it is a protection as what volts and amps the camera can take. do you have a link to your ptz. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 The power supply is- AC adapter Input AC 100-240V~0.65 50-60Hz/ Output DC 12V 0-4A I only have a price/buy link, not a spec link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted March 31, 2012 Output DC 12V 0-4A hi is this your camera ??? spec is 4 amp in total so yes running it at a short distance sould be fine. i would do just as soundy says ... chop plug off power supply and attach it to the camera end over cat5 so you get video power data and alarm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 Thanks Tom. I kinda figured that. I may try it on 50' to see how it does because it will be a whole lot easier than supplying local power, but if I have to I will. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shockwave199 0 Posted March 31, 2012 Oh you found my link! LOL! Ok, cool. Thanks again. Dan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
