BNC T Adapter, Female-Male-Female, Nickel Body, Gold Pin, RG59 (CONAF-1001TEE)

This is a BNC T adapter with two female ports on the crossbar and one male plug on the stem. The male end goes into a BNC port on a DVR, a monitor, or a test set, and two BNC cables lock onto the females, so one port feeds or receives two lines without a splitter box or a second run. It's built for RG59 CCTV work, with a nickel-plated body and a gold-plated center pin on the male side, and it's the piece for watching a camera on a monitor while the DVR records it, for putting a test monitor on a live line, or for tapping a signal during troubleshooting. For joining two cables in a straight line, the CONAN-1001COU BNC coupler; for an F-terminated cable into a BNC port, the CONAI-1001FTY adapter.

Features

• BNC T, female-male-female. Two BNC female ports on the crossbar, one BNC male on the perpendicular stem.
• One port to two lines. Plugs into a BNC port and takes two BNC cables.
• Nickel-plated body. Corrosion-resistant finish.
• Gold-plated center pin on the male side.
• For RG59 CCTV cable. Bayonet lock on all three ports; no tools.

Where It Fits

It suits security installers putting a local monitor on a camera line that also goes to the DVR, CCTV service techs clipping a test monitor onto a live feed at the DVR to check a camera without unplugging it, AV and broadcast benches tapping a signal for a scope or a second display during setup, anyone who needs to see and record the same analog camera at once without a distribution amplifier, anyone who has unplugged a DVR input to look at a camera and lost the recording, and a job that already has the RG59 BNC patch cables, the BNC couplers, and the BNC connectors from the coax collections. For a straight-through joint, the CONAN-1001COU coupler; for a BNC on bare cable, the CONAR-1001TWI twist-on and the CONBA-1001SEA compression connector.

Good to Know

A T adapter is a tap, not a true splitter: it puts two loads on one line in parallel, which halves the impedance the source sees and sends part of the signal back as a reflection, so it works for an analog CCTV camera on a short run to a DVR and a monitor, and for a test tap, and it does not work for HD-SDI, for long runs, or for anything that needs a clean 75 Ω match end to end; those want a powered distribution amplifier. Expect the picture on both outputs to be a little weaker than the camera alone would give, and if either output is left open, cap it with a 75 Ω terminator or expect ghosting. Push each BNC on until the bayonet pins seat in the slots, then turn it until it clicks home. The T puts the weight of two cables on one port, so support the cables and don't let the T hang off the back of a rack-mounted DVR where it will work the jack loose. It has no seal; keep it indoors or in a box. Nickel and gold mate fine with each other; the gold pin is for the contact surface, not to be matched.

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