Good gangbox/termination point housing for outdoor Cat5e

[Vinko]

Can anyone recommend a good outdoor box for outdoor Cat5e? I’d be running it from inside a building to out via (I suppose) rigid conduit and terminate at a place where I’d eventually like to have it hook up to a keypad/camera. But want to keep my options open.

I know for instance, that the Bell makes (made?) good weather-resistant housings for electrical so is there a good quality equivalent for the Cat5e?

 

[alfredeneuman]

Bell still makes the weatherproof boxes, and it would be a good choice for your Cat5e too.

 

[wssix99]

I used this on my new house and am very happy with it.

http://www.aflglobal.com/Products/C...bleGuard-1500-Coax-Demarcation-Enclosure.aspx

I have cable and Cat6 running through my wall and into the box for external connections. (So I can switch between Cable and the phone company for internet service when I'm ready to play them off each other to bring rates down.)

There's room inside to mount grounding blocks and/or other gadgetry that you might want to have sheltered for the elements.

 

[Vinko]

Great -- thanks to both of you for the info! I knew about Bell but didn’t know about AFL. I’ll check into both of them.

 

[rockwithjason]

a bell box with a cat 5 face plate and a wet in use cover would make a clean install