Need security camera recommendations....

[lil_Blue_Ford]

You don't really need 10/2 solid wire to power some cameras. You can buy cat5 wire with 18gauge molded right to it. If you are just running to a couple of cameras you can put the transformers at your farthest source of power and tap them into the line. You can oversize your transformer and get away with farther runs. I've already ran a camera power source around 500 feet away on 18ga line and gotten away with it. As for people seeing it from the road I usually just don't care, when you start caring is when people start bothering you. There are plenty of other options to consider though. We're actually working on a solar setup for someone right now but the equipment we're using is some pretty expensive stuff. You could take a trip to Harbor Freight and get some more affordable stuff. They sell a 45 watt solar panel kit for about $180 which when used with a charge controller, inverter, and some deep cycle batteries could be used to power cameras anywhere on your property. Also for about $20-30 they do sell solar powered security lights with motion detectors which could be used to possibly scare off any intruders. I just think that wireless may be a problem when it comes to range. Then again if you're in a remote area and if everything is positioned just right you might get away with it because you're in a rural area that isn't subject to alot of interference. I've dealt with wireless cameras so little because they're usually so much of a pain that it's not worth the trouble to have them.

I realize that I don't need 10/2 for cameras, but if I would go through the expense of putting power down there, it'd be nice to be able to use the power for something other than just a couple cameras. I had no idea that they had 18 gauge power molded in with cat 5 on the market though, might be something to look into.

I had thought about using a solar panel and deep cycle battery or two for powering the camera down at the storage shed (I think I want at least two down there, one for watching the front of the shed and one for watching the back - there's a parking area that I'm going to move some of my stuff to on the back side of the shed once I get things a little more secure). I figured that a wireless setup might work best for there, then at some future point when I do have electric over there, go to a wired setup. All the cameras on this side of the road I could wire without much trouble.

Interference is limited here, from the house I can't see any of my neighbors homes. From the storage shed I can see the one neighbor's camp, but only if I'm out by the road.

I wonder how difficult it would be to put a directional antenna on a wireless setup to aim the full signal in the direction I need it, I remember looking into doing something like that with a WIFI card on my laptop a few years ago. Something like that might help limit interference I'd think (unless someone blocked the signal).

 

[naford]

Theres some online plans for building a directional for WIFI, some youtube too.

 

[gjm4l]

Those costco cameras I mentioned caught one of our trucks burning to the ground yesterday..... Turns out I look really goofy on camera while trying to get equipment out of the way and trying to put out the fire lol. Best angle was from about 50 yards away but you can see everything very clearly. We could pinpoint the exact time it started all the way up to the fire department determining the cause, so I put in a plus one on those as a pretty good deal

 

[naford]

I can't play the video.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Those costco cameras I mentioned caught one of our trucks burning to the ground yesterday..... Turns out I look really goofy on camera while trying to get equipment out of the way and trying to put out the fire lol. Best angle was from about 50 yards away but you can see everything very clearly. We could pinpoint the exact time it started all the way up to the fire department determining the cause, so I put in a plus one on those as a pretty good deal

Yea, where is this video... sounds like a fun one to watch....

 

[triumphrider-1]

Newegg has a deal on a Samsung setup at the moment; but I don't know how good it is. The no time/date stamp could suck.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...151165&cm_sp=DailyDeal-_-81-151-165-_-Product

 

[gjm4l]

I'll see if the boss will give me a copy