Cabling is the least glamorous and most decisive part of a CCTV installation. Analog HD systems run RG59 coaxial (often as "shotgun" cable with power cores alongside); IP systems run Cat5e or Cat6 Ethernet; both need routes that avoid interference sources, standing water and sun-exposed conduit that turns brittle within a year or two.
The difference between a five-year installation and a five-month one is mostly detail: solid-copper cable rather than copper-clad aluminium, drip loops at every external entry, glands and junction boxes rather than taped joints, and conduit UV-rated for the South African sun. None of it shows in the sales photo; all of it shows in year three.
We label both ends of every run and leave a cable map at handover — the cheapest fault-finding tool a system can ever have.
Brands we fit and service
The cctv cabling market splits into hardware built for South African conditions and lookalikes that fail at the first hard season. These are the manufacturers we trust on our installations:
- Lambda
- Netviel
- CablePro
See our brand guides for how these manufacturers compare.
When the cctv cabling goes wrong
These are the failures we're called to most often — each with its symptoms, causes and our fix on the dedicated problems page:
- Water-damaged cable or joint — A camera that misbehaves in wet weather and recovers days later, or corrosion visibly tracking up connectors.
- Interference and noise on the line — Rolling bands, grain, ghosting or dropouts — often correlating with pumps, gate motors or fluorescent lights switching.
- Broken or failing joint — A picture that comes and goes when the wind blows, or dies entirely after someone worked in the ceiling.
Need this fixed or installed?
Our CCTV Installation service covers cctv cabling work — quoted upfront and backed by our 12-month workmanship warranty.