kentuckynet 0 Posted December 22, 2012 Hello, if you guys were doing a 3500' run underground for your own home would you use cat5? Its for one Camera! There is already power at both ends of the run. thanks mack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
survtech 0 Posted December 22, 2012 3,500 feet is pushing it for CAT5/CAT6. For that distance, you should use active/active, not baluns. The alternative would be fiber, which is much more difficult (and expensive) to work with. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kentuckynet 0 Posted December 22, 2012 Will cat5 work? with active active? mack Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeromephone 6 Posted December 23, 2012 check mfg specks also look at PI Mfg they have several different flavors of extenders and baluns Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimsmith1979 0 Posted February 11, 2013 You can do it, but you need an active receiver/transceiver. It really doesn't matter what type of balun you use, as long as you have an active unit before your switch input. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites