Review- New Design Tendelux 10 Watt IR illuminator.

Keizer said:
Got my new D110's installed behind my shop. Camera is mounted under the soffit. The first photo is with the onboard IR. I admit, the position of the camera did not make it easy for the onboard IR to present itself in an aloquent fashion. Basically it sucked with the IR glare off the soffit. The 2nd photo is with the onboard IR turned off and the D110's turned on.
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Wow.... what a huge improvement with the D110 installed vs the onboard IR!:love:
 
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Keizer said:
Another trip around the sun and my Tendelux illuminators are still going strong in the rainy windy Pacific Northwest weather!!!
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Also in the PNW and new customer to the DI10 and my experience was a little different. Mounted one a couple of weeks ago and it worked great until the first rainstorm it experienced. It still worked somewhat, but I started getting really bad rolling shutter dark bands in the camera feeds (2 cameras can see the illuminator beam).
Mine is pointed down at about 60 degree from horizontal. Maybe that is part of it. It's definitely the LED unit itself as the power supply and connection is well enclosed in a weather-proof box.
Luckily the warranty coverage is great and they sent a new one pronto. I made a rain shield to go over it and the new one is surviving nicely. I really like the design, I hope it lasts like yours.
 
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swoozle said:
Also in the PNW and new customer to the DI10 and my experience was a little different. Mounted one a couple of weeks ago and it worked great until the first rainstorm it experienced. It still worked somewhat, but I started getting really bad rolling shutter dark bands in the camera feeds (2 cameras can see the illuminator beam).
Mine is pointed down at about 60 degree from horizontal. Maybe that is part of it. It's definitely the LED unit itself as the power supply and connection is well enclosed in a weather-proof box.
Luckily the warranty coverage is great and they sent a new one pronto. I made a rain shield to go over it and the new one is surviving nicely. I really like the design, I hope it lasts like yours.
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Well that sucks. Mine are out in the weather and on the south side of my home so they get blasted.
 
Partially off topic, I've tried 4 or 5 of the round 4-watt IR illuminators. After a few years every single one, including Tendelux, let water inside. I suspect it's because the plastic seal between the body halves shrinks. If ithe problem gets caught early enough, the illuminator can be opened up, dried, and resealed to live longer. The case halves thread together and I use RTV on the threads, so it might not be possible to open it up a 2nd time without destroying it.
 
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