joecoin

Everybody,

Thanks for all the helpful responses.

I was thinking of the thermal imaging cameras. I had seen one in action in 1983, and I figured they would be more affordable these days, like most technology.

Imagine my surprise when I found out how much they cost. Wholey moley!

Oh well, maybe I'll rethink the whole mole thing and go with the IR setup.

Thanks again to all.

make sure you armor the cable Moles, mice, rats, chimpmunks and other critters love to chew on cables and are attracted to heat sources as well as water...

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that.

I would have a Digital Video Recorder set in the Motion Detection mode.

 

When the mole comes in front of the camera the DVR will notice the changes in the pixals that makes up the video, and then it would start recording. You can set the DVR to record for 10 seconds when it detects motion. If the mole goes away the DVR stops recording, and if the mole stays it will continuously trigger the DVR to record.

 

I would say order the cheapest MPEG recorder, with a cheap bullet camera with high lines of resolution.

Thanks for the quick reply.

What would be the best way to trigger the camera by the body heat of the mole? So if the mole remained motionless (fell asleep), the camera would continue running.

Additionally, is it feasible to move an infrared camera along the ground above a moles burrow and have the camera pick up the moles image?(Difference in moles temperature vs. ground temperature.)

I have this project I'm contemplating.

I want to monitor mole tunnels in my yard. Is there an infrared CCTV camera that would be able to differentiate a moles body temperature from the surrounding ground temperature?

A moles body temp is approximately 38 C. They burrow very near the surface (especially in my yard).

I'd like to set up a camera that would trigger when a mole came into the infrared field of view.

Any suggestions as to what equipment would work best?

Thanks,

Joe

Hello form the state of Ohio.

I am here to hopefully get a better understanding of how CCTV operates on a technical level.

I'm an electronics hobbiest.