Wire & Cable

Surveillance / Camera Wire and Cable

Now that you have picked out your security cameras for surveillance use, it is time to pick out your cable and cable lengths. This is an extremely important step since the quality of your cables will play a part in the quality and recording of your CCTV image.

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Network Wire

Category 5 (Cat 5) Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) wire/cable is a new standard of wiring that can be used for standard data networking, phone systems, or video transmission. This means Cat 5 can network computers and appliances plus takes care of telephone needs all in one.

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Fire Wire

Smoke detectors (or alarms) can be wired or wireless. If the detector is battery powered it is “wireless” and is a standalone unit. But if you have an AC-powered smoke detector in your home it is then “wired” and is likely also wired together or integrated with other smoke detectors. This sort of wiring ensures that if one smoke detector goes off, they all go off.

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Audio Video Cable

Audio and video cables play a major part in the professional set-up of your home entertainment center. Especially, considering the quality of your sound and picture are only as good as the quality of your cable. In short, you will only get the best possible output from your new HD TV flat screen if your receiver and DVD to TV connection is HD secure as well.

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Alarm Wire

What You Need to Know

There are many components to an alarm system and one such component is wire. Even if you have a wireless system, wire can still play a part in getting the job done. (For example, you could choose to use a transformer with wire that attaches to your control panel.) But for the sake of this discussion, let’s talk about DIY wired alarm systems.

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