Ten security cameras and three video doorbells, all powered over the network cable (PoE). No AC power is needed at any camera except the culvert. Pull one data cable to each device, terminate it at the switch named for that run, and leave it labelled. The owner's team plugs in and configures the cameras — the electrician's job ends at a tested, labelled cable and a mounted camera.
Required on every cable: label, terminate, test. A run is not finished, and not paid as finished, until all three are done:
C03 · Gate east), within 6 in of each end, on a wrap-around label that won't fall off. Avery cable labels and a label maker are on site.C03 · Gate east.Each run ends at one of these network switches. They already exist (or are being installed by the owner this week) and they supply the camera's power. The electrician does not need to touch the switch — just land the cable on a jack beside it.
| Switch | Where it is | Runs landing here | Spare ports |
|---|---|---|---|
Switch Gate | Gate equipment enclosure owner fixing first — switch offline to the controller since ~13 Sept | C03, C04 (the two gate cameras) | 3 free — exactly enough |
USW Garage | Garage 3 confirm on the walk | C05, C06 (Garage 3 driveway + garden) | 13 free |
Garage 1 switch (USW Pro Max 16 PoE) | Garage 1 — owner installs; uplinked to the ADU rack over the Garage 1 Cat6 run(s) (owner decision 2026-09-28) | C07, C08 (Garage 1 driveway + pool gate) | 14 of 16 PoE ports, 180 W budget |
Drain box switch (USW-Lite-8-PoE) | Weatherproof enclosure at the culvert — owner installs; uplinks wirelessly over the UDB bridge (owner decision 2026-09-28, was a switch in the Primary Suite closet) | C01 (dog run, via an outdoor fence run) and C09 (culvert) | 2 of 4 PoE ports, 52 W budget |
ADU rack | ADU closet — two USW-24-PoE switches | C02 (backyard deck), C10, C11, C12 (all three doorbells) | 16+ free |
| # | Location | Device | Mount / aim | Cable ends at | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C01 | Back gate, dog run | G6 Bullet | Wall or post, 9–10 ft, looking along the run toward the gate | Drain box switch (via an outdoor fence run from the culvert) | Adjustable bullet mount supplied; outdoor/direct-burial shielded Cat6A, UV-rated, in conduit or clipped to the fence, drip loops, shield bonded at the switch end only |
| C02 | Back yard, near the exterior TV, facing the deck | G6 180 (wide, two lenses) | Wall, 8–10 ft, centred on the deck; the 180 covers a half-circle so mount it flat to the wall, not on a corner | ADU rack | Keep it out of the TV's glare path at night |
| C03 | Gate — inbound | G6 Bullet | Post or pillar, 9–12 ft, aimed at approaching vehicles / plates | Switch Gate | Existing DoorBird intercom stays; don't disturb its 2-wire run |
| C04 | Gate — outbound / across | G6 Bullet | Opposite post, 9–12 ft, aimed across the gate line | Switch Gate | Uses the last free ports on that switch |
| C05 | Garage 3 — driveway | G6 180 | Eave or wall, 9–10 ft, flat to the wall facing the driveway | USW Garage | |
| C06 | Garage 3 — garden | G6 Bullet | Wall or eave, 9–10 ft, toward the garden | USW Garage | Adjustable bullet mount supplied |
| C07 | Garage 1 corner — driveway | G6 180 | Corner-adjacent wall, 9–10 ft, flat to the wall covering the drive and front approach | Garage 1 switch | |
| C08 | Garage 1 corner — toward the pool gate | G6 Turret | Eave or wall, 8–10 ft, aimed at the pool gate | Garage 1 switch | Turret is for eave/soffit mounting; use the wall bracket if on a wall |
| C09 | Culvert | G6 Bullet — wireless | Post, 9–10 ft, looking along the culvert / drain | No data run. UDB wireless bridge + a USW-Lite-8-PoE switch, both in the weatherproof box, plugged into AC | See the culvert note below — the box now also switches C01 |
| C10 | ADU front door | G6 Pro Entry doorbell | Beside the door at 48 in to centre, on the latch side | ADU rack | Replaces the Nest doorbell; PoE only, no transformer |
| C11 | Main house front door | G6 Pro Entry doorbell | 48 in to centre, latch side | ADU rack | Existing Nest doorbell is Wi-Fi: assume no usable wire is there — new run |
| C12 | Kitchen door | G6 Pro Entry doorbell | 48 in to centre, latch side | ADU rack | Same — new run |
| C13 | Pool | G6 180 — already installed and working | — | — | No work |
The culvert / drain box (C09, and now C01). There is AC power at the culvert but no way to run data back to a rack. The box now holds two devices, not one (owner decision 2026-09-28): a small UniFi wireless bridge (UDB — the owner already has it), which provides the wireless uplink, and a USW-Lite-8-PoE switch, which powers and switches C09 and C01 (fed by the new outdoor fence run to the dog run). Both are indoor-rated units (the UDB is rated 14–104 °F, not weather-sealed), so both go in a weatherproof, vented enclosure on the post, sized to actually fit both units plus the switch's power brick — the enclosure previously sized just for the UDB (~8×8×4 in) is very likely too small now; re-check before ordering. One GFCI outlet in an in-use cover powers both. That's the only electrical work at this site: outlet + a bigger box. Camera-to-switch is a short outdoor Cat6 patch through a cable gland, supplied by the owner. Bandwidth/reliability note: both C01 and C09 now share the single wireless UDB uplink back to the property Wi-Fi mesh — a link whose signal was last read at −74 dBm off Garage 3 (marginal); a WiFiman signal walk before mounting matters more with two streams on it than with one.
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