Hi guys Hik Guru here, I hope you are well.
In today's video I'm going to be showing you how to fit a camera with no cabling on show
by passing the cable through the wall cavity straight into the loft.
Right so first off we're going to need our SDS drill with a long drill piece this is
a 420mm long drill piece and it's about 7mm wide although I would recommend 10mm drill
piece.
We're going to jump up our ladder.
Right so I'm putting this new camera parallel to my existing camera just here and I've measured
it out so the middle of the camera is going to be around about here so this is where we're
going to drill our hole into our cavity, we're going to grab our SDS we're going to drill
up at an angle pretty much next to vertical.
Right so lets grab our SDS going to start a little bit lower down in the motar we're
going to go straight first for about 8 to 10mm just to start the hole off to make it
easier to then go up so let me just drill that.
Now that we're in about 10mm we can angle our drill bit up and gradually get drilling,
when you feel a bit of a release you know that you've gone through the brick so now
we're going to push some rods through and we're going to see if we can go right up to
the loft.
So the first hole we drilled wasn't done quite steep enough so I've redrilled the hole just
next to it at more of an angle you'll know straight away if you've not drilled steep
enough as you wont be able to pass any rods through so now lets push our cable rods through
our hole I'm going to thread about 3 to 4 rods to be safe it's always better to push
more rods through than not enough once you can't push your rods any further you know
you've reached the loft now let's attach our cable to our rods using some duct tape or
masking tape.
Remember to take special care when going into lofts, always wear appropriate PPE such as
face masks gloves and body suits be careful where you're walking and always use loft boards
to walk on, remember we are not responsible for any damages caused to any property or
yourself (or others) as a result of following this video.
Right so now you're in the loft you're going to be very careful about where you're walking
I've managed to get some wooden boards just to lay down over the joists do be careful
that you don't go through the floor.
If it's dark I highly recommend these Unilite torches they are incredibly bright for what
they are compact and they last forever.
And no this video is not sponsored by Unilite.
Also be careful of any spiders I've just seen a huge one and think I might need to cancel
this video.
Right so you want to go to the area whereabout you threaded the rods through so I know it's
in this sort of corner of the house and I'm going to have to crawl right down there I've
got a couple of my orange rods with a hook on the end so that will enable me to hook
the rod from down there so I won't have to crawl too far hopefully.
Right let me just try and scare this spider off because it does not want to budge and
there is no way I'm going in there with that spider being there.
RIGHT I just got rid of that spider oh my god what a war that was absolutely humongous.
Right so now we've got the area clear I've got rid of a bit of the insulation I can just
about see my rod that's poking through don't know if the camera can see that little orange
line just about there so I'm going to try and hook it with these 2 rods it does help
if you've got someone else outside to help you just in case you've pushed that rod a
bit too far in and it needs pulling back out a little bit just so that you can pull onto
it.
Definitely helps having that second person let me try and get that hooked on just hooking
the rod through now pulling it but I'm twisting it at the same time so the hook has got something
to sort of hold onto.
You can see that rod is coming through nicely without me having to crawl into the depths
of the attic getting harassed by spiders.
Right so I've got the rod in my hand now we're just going to pull the 4 rods through and
hopefully on the other end will be our cable and there she is look at that.
So now we're going to pull as much cable as we need through into the loft and then we're
going to route it through to where our NVR is which is in one of the front rooms of this
property it's in a wardrobe so I can just literally pass the cable through the ceiling
into the wardrobe where the NVR is.
Now obviously good practice is with your cable don't just leave it loose and on the floor
like this ideally pin it up onto some joists or some wood work pin it nice and straight
if you want to put the effort in.
Right so that is all there is to it for feeding a cable through the wall cavity if you want
to see me fitting the camera to the wall now keep watching this video if not see you in
the next one, remember to like this video if it helped you out.
Right lets get this camera fitted and we'll grab the drill template that came in the box
with the camera cut a hole in it for the cable and fix it to the wall.
Like so.
We'll then grab our SDS drill and drill these 3 holes, 1 2 and 3.
You can now remove your template remove the brick dust the best that you can.
Pop some wall plugs into the holes.
Now lets get a passthrough RJ45 connector along with some crimps and snips, and we'll
put the end on this cable.
If you're unsure on how to fit an RJ45 connector simply check out the video link above now.
Now lets grab our weatherproof connector that came in the box with the camera.
We'll pop that onto the cable to make it watertight.
The "O" ring goes over the cameras cable end like so.
Then just fit the rest of it to your CAT5 as shown.
Fit the rubber seal into there but do not screw it on just yet.
Push any slack cable up into the cavity and lets grab our camera take the cover off.
And connect our cable.
Then push our weatherproof connector over and twist then twist the top end to tighten
up the rubber seal.
Now lets screw our camera to the wall shove your connectors and cable behind the camera
it should fit snuggly in there but do be careful not to trap any cable.
Lets pop our screws in.
And tighten them up.
Make sure there is no gap around the camera, adjust the camera angle, and clean it off.
Put the cover over the camera like so.
And the job is a gooden.
But yeah guys that is all there is to it I do hope you enjoyed this video.
Please do leave a like if I helped you out it does encourage me to make more videos.
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bye.