spebola 0 Posted March 24, 2013 I want to place a camera at my driveway gate. I have a deaf dog, and I need to make sure the gate is closed before I let him out, he can't hear an approaching car. The gate is about 350 ft. from the house and no line of site. I do have power at the gate. I also have a 7 pair 18 ga wire (not twisted) cable to the gate. I do have a CCTV system for the house with unused channels (BNC connectors). What are my options short of running a coax or CAT5 cable to the gate? Can the 7 pair cable be used? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spebola 0 Posted March 24, 2013 I had a couple of baluns laying around so I decided to test using 2 of the 18 ga wires in the 14 wire cable. Using a 1/3 Sony CCD domed camera, the picture quality was excellent which was suprising. I buried that cable 30 years ago and many gophers have crossed that section of the compound. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawboy12R 0 Posted March 25, 2013 Sweet that it worked. If it didn't, although cctv toys are nice, I was going to suggest maybe just a switch that closes when the gate is closed and lights up an LED in the house somewhere. Open the gate, break the connection, and the tiny light goes out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
