Long delayed project ahead: 3 or 4 years ago, I picked up a couple of 5442 3.6 from Andy. They've been sitting on the shelf, still in original boxes, waiting for me to get up in the attic for cabling. That never happened. . . Now, gotta get in gear to get it done. Last week, my son's truck (sitting on the driveway) was broken into. Nothing taken, just seems like maliciousness for breaking out a side window.
My question has to do with placement. I'm thinking, based on all my reading from ipcamtalk, that the two best places would be on both sides of the garage at about the 7ft, level or a bit below 8ft. I know, "LOWER IS BETTER" though a couple of things come into play. First is that the lower one (1) would need to be fed through a hole drilled through the steel plate, (2) that there is a fear it could get whacked and knocked off hanging down into the garage door opening, and (3) the amount of direct afternoon sunlight (more on this in a minute.)
The upper location would have less fear of getting hit, etc, would be easier to feed the cable to, plus it would be protected from the setting sun for a bit longer each day.
Now, about the afternoon sun. Plain and simple, it's screaming hot in the Phoenix area in the summer, and with with intense direct afternoon sunlight in all seasons. (See what it has done to my fascia?) I wonder about the durability of any camera facing afternoon sun. Is the higher location better if it's possible to give it an extra hour or two from direct sunlight?
Open to any thoughts and/or ideas! Thanx - flyyboyy
My question has to do with placement. I'm thinking, based on all my reading from ipcamtalk, that the two best places would be on both sides of the garage at about the 7ft, level or a bit below 8ft. I know, "LOWER IS BETTER" though a couple of things come into play. First is that the lower one (1) would need to be fed through a hole drilled through the steel plate, (2) that there is a fear it could get whacked and knocked off hanging down into the garage door opening, and (3) the amount of direct afternoon sunlight (more on this in a minute.)
The upper location would have less fear of getting hit, etc, would be easier to feed the cable to, plus it would be protected from the setting sun for a bit longer each day.
Now, about the afternoon sun. Plain and simple, it's screaming hot in the Phoenix area in the summer, and with with intense direct afternoon sunlight in all seasons. (See what it has done to my fascia?) I wonder about the durability of any camera facing afternoon sun. Is the higher location better if it's possible to give it an extra hour or two from direct sunlight?
Open to any thoughts and/or ideas! Thanx - flyyboyy
