Chuck(G)
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I think that concern is overblown. The Cat5 run feeding this computer is about 70 ft and uses a RJ45 terminal block with screw terminals and still works just fine at 10base100 speeds--a camera is unlikely to exceed that.splicing the individual wires ruins the impedance control of the cable, whereas using the punch down junction box I linked does not
they also make weatherproof versions if it needs to be outside