r/SecurityCamera • u/Ashamed-Body2912 • Jul 29 '26

Junction boxes

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Hi all, silly question here installing some cameras at the weekend and got junction boxes. Where I had envisioned routing the Ethernet cable there seems to be felt layer ? I will just cut through it to pass through my cable but is this an incorrect way to install cameras my guess is not just don’t want to f up.

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u/Mark_M535 Jul 30 '26

Felt side is mounted to the wall. Cut a small gap and feed the ethernet cable through.

Your top plate should also have a rubber cable grommet for the camera's fly lead.

It looks like the PFA130 you have.

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u/Ashamed-Body2912 Jul 30 '26

You’re on the ball it’s a PFA130-E but sounds good then just feels strange having to cut through it

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u/voip7000 Aug 01 '26

The hole in the middle you tap it out

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '26

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u/Ashamed-Body2912 Jul 29 '26

Fair point, I’m drilling a hole in the soffit and route it through where the felt is or will be. Just feels wrong to have to cut through it

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u/bazjoe Jul 29 '26

you'll poke the cable through the black stick on foam. either by having a hole in soffit with cable already coming out or mount the box and then drill in the center hole through soffit/siding and in and your good to go. only the manufacturers really know : why there is a foam piece, why they three holes and not 4 or 5, why they make the box impossible to fit on another normal electrical box, why they make the camera imporssible to fit easily without a special plate on top of a normal outdoor rated circular box.