RG59 Solid 1000ft Bare Copper Siamese Coaxial 20 AWG RG59 + 18/2 18AWG Power Combo CCTV Cable Color Black

This was the best priced Siamese cable I found for indoor CCTV cameras (this cable is not for outdoor or buried use). Excellent quality as compared to other brands I priced with the same gauge wires and shielding. I've installed 5 cameras indoors so far with 4 more to go. Excellent picture and no problems at all. I've been using compression BNC plugs on the video portion.It is now 6 months later and I installed a total of 9 indoor cameras with this cable. All are working excellent with no problems. For my Pan Tilt Zoom I used the two power wires as signal wires to the camera to control the motion and ran a separate power pair to the camera using the camera's supplied power supply.Remember ... this cable is not for outdoor use.

The cable is good quality and a great price for 1000'. Has a solid copper stinger, not the aluminum core with a copper coating. It is the same type I used 4 years ago. That cable it is still working good for the cameras at our storage facility.

If anyone has doubts, I chemically confirmed the power conductors are copper clad aluminum. In the image the black wire is the ground power conductor from the CCTV cable and the yellow is solid copper wire. Ferric Chloride reacts alot more aggressively against aluminum versus copper, therefore aluminum is indicated by the bubbles around the bare conductor. Unless I missed something, I think the product description is is worded in a way that is meant to make customers believe every conductor in this cable is solid copper. I would have gladly played 2x the price for copper power conductors. But I was in a hurry when I sent the order and didnt read all the reviews... which I shouldn't have to do. Now I'm stuck with 700ft of cut wire ready for connectors to be crimped and soldered and cable to be installed.

The two boxes I purchased a few weeks ago were recently used on a job that had some longer runs of about 200FT. Saw some signal problems and decided to look over the cable. It was then that I took a knife and scraped along the center conductor which revealed that this cable is definitely Copper Clad. I own a Security Company and we do a lot of Camera Installs. I have seen virtually every type of cable out there and though this is a better version of Copper Clad Siamese Cable, it definitely is not what anyone who does this for a living would prefer using. For those of you who don't know how to check this for yourself, cut back a couple inches of the dielectric foam (the white insulating material covering the center Conductor) from the center conductor itself. Then simply and carefully (watch your fingers) use a knife or similar edged instrument and gently scrap along the Center Conductor. You will see the sprayed copper come off exposing a shiny tin/metal looking conductor. On the contrary, if the conductor remains copper colored (as it appears on the surface) after scraping down into it then you have solid copper wire. Just as I do with Cat5 and Cat6 cable, I only use Coax Cable that has a "Solid Core Copper" (Pure Copper) center conductor. The description clearly says that it is. It is not. Using this type of cable for patch cables for HDTV applications is certainly not advisable. And, if you are an installer of Analog (AHD, TVI, etc) 1080P HD CCTV Camera applications, this cable will only go about 100-125ft before you are opening up yourself to experience problems. I will attempt to contact the seller and advise them and/or Amazon themselves. Also, FYI, the stranded 18/2 is copper clad Tin. I knew that part of the cable was going to come that way which, of course, would be consistent with the price. If the 18/2 was pure copper stranded wire that would, on average, add $60 to $100 to the cost of this cable.

It is what you buy. Works great ships fast.

this is my second roll of this product. so far the only part of this product is the power wires seem that they can't be soldered they have to be crimped. time will tell for the loss of connection.

This is not copper signal does not pass. Max distance CVI/TVI 180 feet-- AHD 58% signal This cable was test with a pro tester,please see my pictures. in a moisture environment wont last 2 years before you damage your cameras and star all over.buy at your own risk.....

High quality, easy to pull through walls and conduit. No loss of signal or power over a 600 foot run.