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Applications

Cable For CCTV And Access Control Installations

Where PoE budget, core count and outdoor durability decide the specification.

The Situation

What Makes This Application Different

Security installs mix data, power and signalling on the same job, often to devices mounted where nobody wants to return. The cable has to survive outdoors and carry power further than the datasheet's happy path.

Specification Decisions

What To Decide Before The Cable Is Ordered

PoE reach

Conductor resistance sets how much power arrives at a camera 80 m away. 23 AWG bare copper CAT6 gives meaningfully more margin than 24 AWG CCA.

Outdoor jackets

PE for external runs. PVC chalks and cracks under sustained UV, and a failed jacket on a roof run is a cherry-picker job.

Signal cores

Readers, locks, request-to-exit and door position each need conductors. Multi-core security cable with spare cores is cheaper than a second pull.

Screening

Access control data runs benefit from a screen where they share containment with mains cable over distance.

Identification

Jacket colour separating camera, access and alarm circuits pays back on every future fault call.

Cable Families

Ranges Used In This Application

Products

Specifications Commonly Selected

Questions

CCTV & Access Control — Questions

Should I use CCA for PoE camera runs?

No. Use bare copper where the link carries PoE over any significant distance — the higher resistance of CCA shows up as voltage drop at the device.

Do you supply outdoor-rated security cable?

Yes — 4-core and 6-core outdoor variants with a jacket rated for external use.

Not sure which specification fits cctv & access control?

Send the run lengths, environment and device loading for your cctv & access control project. We will name the stocked specification that fits before you order rather than after.