Hey guys,
Need some clarification and help on mounting options since I finally have my holes run through the home and ready to get up into the attic and fish some lines.
We have hardie board soffit and planning to mount my Lorex bullet camera’s to these areas. I am ordering cat 6 cable with pass through connectors and crimpers to make it easier for running. Just not sure on a few other things.
Since I hardie board, can I just drill a hole small enough for the cable, crimp a connector, make a loop and leave it above in the soffit, then drill/mount the camera directly to the soffit? Anything special like this?
Should I just caulk around the base of the camera mount to make sure its water tight? Is this enough or do I need to make something more elaborate with a larger wood spread across the soffit above with a junction box and then screw the camera into this? Would make sure the weight is spread over whatever size board I get vs just being spread over the base when mounted to the soffit?
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