bklynsoulja 0 Posted May 4, 2014 can i use a video transmitter balun connector on those cheap premade thin wires that are not cat5e? these are the cheap wires i am talking about http://www.ebay.com/itm/SECURITY-CAMERA-CABLE-CCTV-WIRE-VIDEO-POWER-BNC-10FT-20FT-30FT-50FT-75FT-100FT-/290854071692?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item43b840ed8c there 3 wires in those cheap premade set which is positive for power, positive for video, and a shared negative for both video and power. is it possible to use a balun on the video wire even when the negative is shared for both video and power? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don Stephens 0 Posted May 5, 2014 I've never cut those apart before, but copper is copper. You just can't have metal on metal contact between power and video though without injecting power into video and getting a garbled image on the other end because of it. I guess what I'd really ask is "Why?". Why not just use the cable as is? And if it's because the cables spliced, why not just spend the relatively small amount of money and replace it with something that you know will work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
