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    I own a car wash with 8 wand wash bays and a touchless. I'm looking to put in around 10 - 12 cameras. Need some help picking the right cameras / DVRs for my requirements

     

    Here are some requirements:

    - 16 Channel DVR with at least 1 TB of storage and must be able to view the cameras at anytime using my Blackberry (or internet connection anywhere).

    - Cameras *MUST* be waterproof. One to two of the cameras will be going inside the touchless itself and could be exposed to direct water spray. As well, the cameras going in the wand wash could easily get sprayed with the high pressure wand if some customer gets annoyed and decides to try and destroy it.

    - All cameras *MUST* be able to to survive in a high humidity environment. It is a car wash.

    - Car wash is Bay style, so entrance door opens, you drive into your choice of eight stalls, and then exit though the exit door located at the other end of the car wash. Someone told me this means I need a wide dynamic camera.

    - Cameras should be rated to survive weather of -40°C. Yes it does get that cold here, and a few cameras might be outside

    - Vandal Resistant

    - Sometimes it gets extremely foggy inside the car wash, you can not see more than a few feet in front of you. Cameras should be able to handle this as best as possible.

    - Looking to capture faces and licence plates, cameras should be clear enough to do so.

    - Dome or Bullet? Some people have suggested using all dome, others have suggested a combo of dome and bullet.

     

    There are some pictures of my car wash on our website:

    ArcticAutowash.ca

     

    So given the requirements the following equipment has been suggested to me, and I'm trying to figure out which is the best one to go with or if there is something else I should be looking at:

     

    Cameras:

     

    - ES-6008SHDVM23712 : COLOUR Sony Ex-View CCD Armor Dome Camera, 540 Dynamic Colour Resolution, Low Light Amazing .001 Lux, Impact/Vandal/Weather Resistant, Day/Night Sensor, Varifocal Lens 3.7-12mm, Auto Iris -Ceiling & Wall Mount, Dual Voltage 24VAC/12VDC

     

    - Speco CVC-628M Marine Camera- Color Day/Night

     

    - Everfocus EHD-525ex Vandal Dome

     

    - Speco CVC-627 Color Day/Night Waterproof Bullet Camera w/ IR LEDs

     

    - Speco WDR-D3 wide dynamic vandal dome

     

    - Speco SPT-HT7246IHR Color 540 Line Tamperproof VF Dome Camera 9-22mm

     

    - Speco SPT-HT7246IHR Color 540 Line Tamperproof VF Dome Camera 2.8-11mm

     

    - SO-H650IRVFS - Speco Waterproof Color Dome Camera Vari-focal lens High Res

     

    - A-CF540 Camera Color Fixed Dome, 540TVL, 4-9mm VF, DC auto iris

     

    - A-CK540HB - Outdoor housing w/heater & blower and 540TVL True Day/Night Color camera with 5- 60mm vari-focal, auto iris lens

     

    - VDC-485V04 Bosch Weatherproof Dome Camera vari focal high resolution wide dynamic range

     

     

    DVRs

     

    -Pelco DX4516-1000 DX4500 entry level DVR - 16 camera inputs, 1TB of storage. MPEG4 compression; CIF, 2CIF, 4CIF programmable by channel; 240 IPS; 2 Audio in, 1 out; 8 Alarms In, 2 Relay out, motion activated, remote viewing software.

     

    - Speco 16ch DVR w/1.16 TB hard drive - Think it is this one: Speco DVR16TN1.2TB 16 Channel Triplex DVR w/ IP and DDNS 1.2TB HDD CD/RW

     

    - Open Eye E Series Imbedded DVR 16 Channel 120 FPS @ 1000GB Model #OE2-E12016-

     

    - Speco 16ch DVR w/1.5TB HD - DVR16TN15

     

     

    As you can see quite a few different options have been given to me, please help me pick the right one, or suggest something better that would meet my needs.

     

    Thanks!

     

    I also have a car wash with state-of-the-art http://www.macneilwash.com/equipment-landing.php car wash equipment and we operate 24/7. You may be able to find most of the waterproof/security equipment you are looking for here: http://www.cctvfactory.com/cctv-video-security-cameras/waterproof-bullet-security-cameras.html

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