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| Thread ID: 150603 | 2022-04-18 01:42:00 | Home outdoor Security Camera | bk T (215) | PC World Chat |
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| 1485621 | 2022-04-18 01:42:00 | Any recommendations? Is solar powered units any good? Not cheap to get an electrician to run the power cable. Cheers. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1485622 | 2022-04-18 02:18:00 | Wouldn't use Wireless OR Solar power :D. My own system uses PoE (Power Over Ethernet). The Ethernet cable plugs into the NVR (recorder) and then to the Camera, The Camera is powered Via the cable/NVR. The NVR will take 6 Cameras, but you can add more Via the LAN if you want. You have to run a cable from the NVR BUT theres never any problems with out of range cameras, and don't need a sparky. That's one of the HUGE things many don't know when using Wireless you STILL need to supply power some how. Solar units while are available are not cheap either. The Solar is only charging the internal battery. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1485623 | 2022-04-18 02:35:00 | Good suggestion, Wainuitech. NVR, to be purchased separately, or it comes with the camera? What brand of PoE Camera are you using? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1485624 | 2022-04-18 03:01:00 | Good suggestion, Wainuitech. NVR, to be purchased separately, or it comes with the camera? What brand of PoE Camera are you using? I got a HiSeeu, I got it from Aliexpress about 5 years ago came with 4 Cameras all the cables etc. At the time it was a gamble as if any good, but so far never missed a beat, and the Images are clear both day and night. So for an old system its working well. The cameras these days are way better ( higher resolution) Its similar to this one www.aliexpress.com (www.aliexpress.com Pv&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller&scm=1007.13339.274681.0&scm_id=1007.13339.274681.0&scm-url=1007.13339.274681.0&pvid=7c521915-5ee4-4599-8224-021691940d42&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller,scm-url:1007.13339.274681.0,pvid:7c521915-5ee4-4599-8224-021691940d42,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238112%231997&pdp_ext_f=%257B%2522sku_id%2522%253A%2522120000228 79857107%2522%252C%2522sceneId%2522%253A%25223339% 2522%257D&pdp_pi=-1%253B269.61%253B-1%253B-1%2540salePrice%253BNZD%253Brecommend-recommend) Our Neighbours have an expensive Brand and to be honest the pictures are not really that much better. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1485625 | 2022-04-18 04:43:00 | Interesting. Thanks. :) | bk T (215) | ||
| 1485626 | 2022-04-18 06:00:00 | Solar power anything is lame. My brother replaced a security light with a solar powered one. It's so dim it barely lights up a foot around. The one I put up a while ago (round corner) powered, lights up the entire backyard. I have some garden lights solar powered, it's for pretty colours, not lighting anything. Stick with a powered one. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1485627 | 2022-04-19 09:40:00 | PoE looks good, but I still need to run those Ethernet cables above the ceiling to the other side of the house. I am in my mid 70's not my type of job at this age. Getting someone to run the cables will cost me quite a big share of the total costs. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1485628 | 2022-04-19 09:48:00 | Lame huh? My solar powered wireless ring security lights have not failed in the 2 years I've had them, even mid winter they still charge the battery to 100% by mid morning most days. Expensive yes, not as good as POE yes, but not lame. Running cables is very difficult in my house so I took the chance and went wireless and don't regret it and went with solar so I don't have to manually charge the batteries however often. I have no wall cavities or ceiling space that can be used without removing some roof iron or exterior cladding. They took about 10-20 minutes each to install and another half hour playing around with the software. I do pay a monthly subscription for the motion detection triggered videos to be stored in the cloud. They are Ring Stick up cams with the optional solar panel. Go POE cameras if you can, but wireless can work well. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1485629 | 2022-05-02 01:55:00 | I got a HiSeeu, I got it from Aliexpress about 5 years ago came with 4 Cameras all the cables etc. At the time it was a gamble as if any good, but so far never missed a beat, and the Images are clear both day and night. So for an old system its working well. The cameras these days are way better ( higher resolution) Its similar to this one www.aliexpress.com (www.aliexpress.com Pv&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller&scm=1007.13339.274681.0&scm_id=1007.13339.274681.0&scm-url=1007.13339.274681.0&pvid=7c521915-5ee4-4599-8224-021691940d42&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller,scm-url:1007.13339.274681.0,pvid:7c521915-5ee4-4599-8224-021691940d42,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238112%231997&pdp_ext_f=%257B%2522sku_id%2522%253A%2522120000228 79857107%2522%252C%2522sceneId%2522%253A%25223339% 2522%257D&pdp_pi=-1%253B269.61%253B-1%253B-1%2540salePrice%253BNZD%253Brecommend-recommend) Our Neighbours have an expensive Brand and to be honest the pictures are not really that much better. Still hesitating on what to buy. Re the HDD, does it mean that when it's full, old recordings will be re-written automatically? Or, we need to erase it manually? Can the HDD be replaced easily or the NVR box is sealed and HDD is not an user replaceable item? As, I have a 2 spare HDDs idling around, and I can save the money on ordering the NVR with HDD, it can be installed easily. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1485630 | 2022-05-02 04:02:00 | Re the HDD, does it mean that when it's full, old recordings will be re-written automatically? Or, we need to erase it manually? Can the HDD be replaced easily or the NVR box is sealed and HDD is not an user replaceable item? As, I have a 2 spare HDDs idling around, and I can save the money on ordering the NVR with HDD, it can be installed easily. Mines got option to either Over write when full, so the oldest gets overwritten 1st. OR I can tell it to stop recording (not a good Idea) when full. Then you can manually wipe the drive, The drives can be removed by taking out the cover screws, remove he cover, then unplug the SATA connections, but they are not really meant to work that way. I installed a 1TB WD NAS drive which running all cameras 24/7. So depends on how many cameras, how big a drive, what quality the videos are (higher Quality = More space) etc |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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