vincerules Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 i was wondering if anyone had setup there pc kits to have a female network connection on the box so that you do not have to keep a long cord sticking out of the box all the time.any tips or ideas on how people did this, or where to purchase parts.thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Do you mean outside the weatherproof enclosure?Don't do it, unless you're keeping your boxes inside. I did this my first year or two, and had network reliability issues due to the connections getting wet.-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincerules Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 hmmm... that is a good point. i am just trying to figure out a way to easily be able to connect the network cable through the box without having a permanent cable sticking out of the box all the time, because of length differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 vincerules wrote: hmmm... that is a good point. i am just trying to figure out a way to easily be able to connect the network cable through the box without having a permanent cable sticking out of the box all the time, because of length differences.Not sure I understand the "permanant cable" thing. I just feed my network cables into the box out in the yard, wrap them around something to give them a little strain relief, and plug them in. Reverse the procedure during tear-down...EDIT: Just to amplify the strain-relief thing: make sure you do it. I didn't on one of my boxes last year, and during tear-down, two of the 3 comm connectors had ripped off the board and were dangling precariously -- I had obviously tripped over the cable at some point. Not sure if this happened during teardown, or if I got lucky and things still worked... Dan came to the rescue with replacement parts and I've since fixed the board...-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_391xt Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 vincerules wrote: i was wondering if anyone had setup there pc kits to have a female network connection on the box so that you do not have to keep a long cord sticking out of the box all the time.any tips or ideas on how people did this, or where to purchase parts.thanksSee the following Post (about half way down the first page)...http://lightorama.mywowbb.com/forum84/16819.htmlThe following is mentioned specifically:http://www.bizsyscon.com/product.php?wastoproduct=yes&id=1448 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafter Bar R Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 There is an industrial ethernet connector available for outdoor use, but these are very expensive. I have seen these online from time to time and no I don't have any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schristi69 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Try here http://pacwireless.com/products/RJ45-ECS.shtml They make several styles of weatherproof passthroughs for your cables. I install these on all of my boxes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Unless you're having water spraying up from underneath your boxes, I'm not sure why just passing the cable through the hole (perhaps with a foam or rubber grommet) isn't sufficient. But I respect those who like to engineer for the worst-case scenario!-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schristi69 Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Water is less of a concern for me than little critters. Amazing what a bug can do when he shorts out your controller board. Not a pretty sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Fischer Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 schristi69 wrote: Water is less of a concern for me than little critters. Amazing what a bug can do when he shorts out your controller board. Not a pretty sight.You should move up here -- not too many "little critters" when it's well below freezing (sometimes well below zero)!Even so, I use foam gaskets around my "wiring holes" so it would be hard for critters to get inside. These are the same type of gaskets used by the phone/cable company to protect their equipment.On the other hand, I remember that pic of the person (can't remember who) who destroyed 1/2 a 16-channel controller by having a slug crawl inside!-Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chartrand Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Yes I remember the SLUG posting. As I recall LOR replace the boad for him didn't they? Not that it was a warrenty issue, I think they just wanted the fried slug board.-Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBW4 Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I use an earplug that I get from Walmart to stick in the holes of the comm cable entrance. I also use them when I mow the yard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evan.a Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Jeff Millard wrote: There's a couple photos of a snail wrapped around an optocoupler in here somewhere. It gives escargot a very bad name!Jeffnow thats funny:P. Jeff I am searching for that post, just because of the pictures I saw and want to reread the post. just trying to stop laughing is hard enough... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Saunders Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 Evan, couldn't find it here, so I located it here. http://talk.planetchristmas.com/showthread.php?t=17953&highlight=snail-Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Jones Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 Neutrik makes a Cat6 system that is IP65 rated... =$$$$they also have a cat5 setup that is IP54 rated - I have used these at work and they are pretty slick - think rj45 connector in a XLR shellhttp://www.neutrik.com/Secure30/getMedia?encoding=ISO-8859-1&client=neutrik&saveAs=true&saveAsName=5%20Data%20Connector%20PG%20V7%202008.pdf&mediaPath=D:DATACLIENTneutrikmediadownloads&mediaSavedName=Media_2008243252.pdf&contentType=application/pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FBW4 Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 It does not stay up year round running 24 x 7. While it would be nice to find a cheap simple solution, I think we HAVE FOUND it. We do it like we have been doing it for so long!Keep looking though! You find something as cheap and as dependable as we ALREADY have and I will buy it!Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salts Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 This is the one I used..... this http://www.l-com.com/productfamily.aspx?id=2834 with this http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=9561&cmp=ALSO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybrynn Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I noticed that on the new PC controller enclosures, they have a separate passthough for the network cables. Since I bought my other 5 controllers at the Jan/Feb inventory reduction sale ... they didn't have this passthrough in them.So I took my dremel and created two small half circles in the enclosure along the bottom left side, so this lets the cords in and out, but the hold is filled with the cable itself, making it rather watertight ... probably just as much (or more so) than the newer controllers boxes with the new dedicated controller cord pass throughs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displaysinmotion_will Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 this is what i use'>connector shellmouser part'>connection on enclosuremouser part'>inside enclosure'>power in and outmouser part: power inmouser part: power out'>inside view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displaysinmotion_will Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 under each picture is a link titled mouser part for each part i used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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