tosul 0 Posted November 16, 2006 Recently installed 4 IR cameras at a park playground, the township had trenched and installed CAT 5 cable to the camera locations. Cameras are fine in daylight but do not work at night; contacted the dealer and they say that in order for the IR to function (80 IR LEDs, 12V DC 500 ma) a minimum of 18 ga wire needs to be used. Re-running the cable would be extremely difficult so I'm looking for options, would swapping out the cameras to low lux be a solution? If so what would be a good camera to use? Camears are about 30' from the playground. Thanks as always. Tom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
able1 0 Posted November 16, 2006 Recently installed 4 IR cameras at a park playground, the township had trenched and installed CAT 5 cable to the camera locations. Cameras are fine in daylight but do not work at night; contacted the dealer and they say that in order for the IR to function (80 IR LEDs, 12V DC 500 ma) a minimum of 18 ga wire needs to be used. Re-running the cable would be extremely difficult so I'm looking for options, would swapping out the cameras to low lux be a solution? If so what would be a good camera to use? Camears are about 30' from the playground. Thanks as always.Tom The answer to your question may be here. http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=5771&highlight= Enjoy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kensplace 0 Posted November 16, 2006 "Only users granted special access can have access to that forum" Guess its in the dealers only section? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
able1 0 Posted November 16, 2006 "Only users granted special access can have access to that forum" Guess its in the dealers only section? Whoops, sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VST_Man 1 Posted November 16, 2006 what's the distance from PS to camera's? Is the cable direct burry cable or in conduict/PVC? what is the output voltage at the camera reading on a multimeter. sounds like you are using 12dc? you can alway switch to 24vac or 28vac if the camera's handle both. or use a adjustable DC power supply that goes to 15vdc and then adjust that output to a higher voltage to compensate for the loss at the camera........................... other option is to double up on a pair to create a "bigger" guage wire................. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sajaan458 0 Posted November 19, 2006 try using DC 1500 mA / 1.5A power supply ( iPS12D1500 ) which might help but your dealer is right about using 18G cable and I have not seen that many places power work very well over Cat5 cable unless its a 300mA or lower camera in short distance... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
