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I'm fitting a ReoLink security cam system at home and one of the cameras needs to be mounted on the wall, just under the rear upstairs window. The camera (PoE) is pre-wired with a female RJ45 socked, so I want to run a cat6 cable down the wall from the loft into a junction box on the wall, then feed the camera cable into the junction box where they'll be connected. As it's an outside camera, the junction box is watertight (IP66) and therefore where the cables enter the junction box also needs to be watertight as well.
I've got some M20 cable glands (https://amzn.eu/d/ec3K2To) but the problem is the hole in them isn't big enough to take the RJ45 ethernet plug from the camera:
The RJ45 ethernet socket is about 18mm in diameter, but the hole in the gland is about 12mm, so there isn't a cat in hell's chance of getting it through.
Are there any kind of cable glands available that might be able to handle this? I did find some split cable glands online (that open out so you can lay the cable in them, then snap them shut, without needing to push the socket through), which would be ideal but there don't seem to be any for a single ethernet cable that fit into a 20mm hole in the junction box.
Would greatly appreciate any suggestions...
I've got some M20 cable glands (https://amzn.eu/d/ec3K2To) but the problem is the hole in them isn't big enough to take the RJ45 ethernet plug from the camera:
The RJ45 ethernet socket is about 18mm in diameter, but the hole in the gland is about 12mm, so there isn't a cat in hell's chance of getting it through.
Are there any kind of cable glands available that might be able to handle this? I did find some split cable glands online (that open out so you can lay the cable in them, then snap them shut, without needing to push the socket through), which would be ideal but there don't seem to be any for a single ethernet cable that fit into a 20mm hole in the junction box.
Would greatly appreciate any suggestions...