Thanks for the replies. I am not familiar with all the ReoLink stuff, and they seem to have covered the bases with having the specialized mounting box with twist shut gland to seal the incoming wires.
It's a bit expensive but if it does the job, worth a trouble free install. You got me thinking, there is a Menard's calling my name to visit tomorrow and while getting milk (yes seems odd but I keep telling my wife I get a lot of our groceries there, especially when they have 11% sales....) so I'll swing into the electrical department to see if one of the outdoor boxes they have could be adapted to do the same, at probably under $10. I can always have Uncle Amazon bring one of the other if that doesn't work out.
Ocala: I'm pleased with this camera, too, and have 80' of Rohn 45G holding up all sorts of stuff, more weather than ham radio, but I cannot climb any more, even with a safety belt. Hip and hand strength would be the major factor, but I know a couple of tree service guys and my dream is to get some sort of camera up near the top to see to the west for incoming storms and sunsets. You inspire me to try that. You can keep your web spinning spiders, I have enough for a few months in the summer, along with some ingenious mud dabbing wasps that can brick up a hole with their mortar in no time.
Any special way that you mounted your camera on the tower? Clamp to a leg and holds a box? A platform across a flat spot of the zig-zags? I'd be worried once up there and I liked it that something would make the lens get goofy. I see that enough with the TV stations' cameras having a lot of water drops, dust and other crap on them that makes accessibility a concern.
thanks again for helping me think outside the box on this camera installation, and having POE sure cuts down on running multiple wires and having close 120v outlets to plug in a dongle.
Dale