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    Uneven lighting on IPC-Color4K-T180

    Of course, I have not figured out how to flip it upside down. I think it is probably that option not showing up in edge or other browser. Also SmartPSS does not show up.
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    Uneven lighting on IPC-Color4K-T180

    Thanks! I had jumped to a conclusion since the spotlights had been on. You are absolutely right! It was sitting on an adjustable ladder in scaffolding mode with a board on it. That is the two wings in the first picture. The problem child was the shiny tag that is on the cable in the second...
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    Uneven lighting on IPC-Color4K-T180

    I just started playing with this camera and wondered if there is a way to normalize the lighting on an IPC-Color4K-T180. This is a temporary location so I did not bother to invert the picture. I have spot lights to the right of the camera (left since inverted) so it is brighter. Both sides look...
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    Conduit/Cable Run From House To Tuff Shed For Camera Installation

    Great install! Looking at the camera sun shields, are these commercially available? They almost look like modified garden hose hangers. I have used cut up 5 gallon buckets but they do not hold up to UV light well.
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    Crested Caracara pair

    Keeping an eye out for food!
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Yes, cellular. A friend uses them and his has a prepaid ATT (text only ?) sim card. It costs him $.015 per text.
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    Empire tech wall mount cable notch

    I replaced that camera with another mount. This one replaced it so you can get the idea.
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    Empire tech wall mount cable notch

    Yeah, I have. I ran some wiremold like this Legrand Wiremold 700 Series 5 ft. Metal Surface Raceway Channel, White BWH1 - The Home Depot to it. I used a deburring bit like Drill America 1/4 in. x 5/8 in. Tree Radius End Solid Carbide Burr Rotary File Bit with 1/4 in. Shank DULSF1 - The Home...
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    Trouble Reaching EmpireTech01.com

    Just came up for me.
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    Hi from (the cold parts) of Spain!

    Hello @CastleDweller if your house is indeed a castle, I for one would love to see some camera captures!
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Doh! 7:25!
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    The official "WTF" thread

    But what about the reflection off the windshield at 7:45?
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    What Are They Doing

    My guess is environmental testing well. I see them along the coast to test if salt water encroached to the freshwater aquifers. Also see them around waste sites to see if contaminates are migrating away from the source. The bridge repair behind you might be what initiated it like @c hris527...
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    Dahua Visit at Oct.12th and 13th

    Ah, except I doubt every car in that parking lot was electric! I drive a polestar and pulled into a tractor supply company parking lot behind a Tesla, we both had an oil stain below our cars!
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    Dahua Visit at Oct.12th and 13th

    ^^^^ That is the first thing my wife said. Everything is so clean! I zoomed in on the parking lot and cannot even find an oil stain.
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    Mounting Camera to Existing Lamp Holder

    WOW! Sometimes when I am hunting and pecking then hit post, somebody has beat me to it! @TonyR hit it exactly! I would then move the lights to the side holes and you still have lights and the cameras. I may very well have read Tony's post in years gone by and plagiarized it!
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    Mounting Camera to Existing Lamp Holder

    Are your light boxes surface mounted or recessed? If they are recessed, you could use a box extender like this. From there, you could remove the spotlight holders from the existing cover and route them through the side holes. You could then use a blank cover like in @Flintstone61 second post. I...
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    Mounting Camera to Existing Lamp Holder

    You do not mention what style of camera. There are dozens of different mounts but I doubt a decent sized camera would directly mount to a light fixture. Those plugs are 1/2" or 3/4" npt. Standard conduit fittings will fit in them. You could use something like this...
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    Walnut Collecting

    I see somebody fenced off the trail to the sound. That eliminates a lot of good videos!:D
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    Shrink-flation: Post your examples

    I'm sure the piece size is smaller but they finally got it right selling them in a 5 gallon bucket!
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    Amcrest PT(z) Preset Command Line

    Thanks! I didn't know I wanted to try this but it worked so turns out I did!
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    Shrink-flation: Post your examples

    I bought a two pack of wasp spray last month. When I put the cans next to the old cans on the shelf I noticed the difference.
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    Shrink-flation: Post your examples

    I chuckle when I see icecream in smaller packages. In the US, during the 70's, going to the metric system was all the rage. If we had shifted over, a half gallon of icecream would have become 2 liters or a slight increase! Now 50 years later with shrinkflation, we would be back down to a half...
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    Electrical Inspection Wall Of Shame

    Without context it tough to tell. Looks to me like 10 2 awg wires coming from a generator to bus bars. Is BOY limited to 480 or can be used on any 3 phase circuit? 10 2 awg wires could carry over 1000 amps so I guessed a 4160 generator.
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    Things that make me go Hmmm?

    I signed onto amcrestcloud.com and they have no billing information for me so that is a good thing. My account shows lifetime view only but there are no cameras listed. I got two emails said they are going to stop doing health checks until I fix my cameras configuration. They got me to sign...
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    Things that make me go Hmmm?

    Got an interesting email today from Amcrest Cloud Notification service. They said that my one camera was offline. That is fair enough except I have not had an Amcrest Cloud account since July of 2019. Everything was right on the camera like name and my username. That camera has been retired for...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    @Rooster I bought a miniptz (PTZ425DB-AT) and was surprised that it came with a power supply. I believe they are all 12 volts. Just be sure the power requirements are met. The specs show max 10.5 watts at 12vdc, so a 1 amp power supply will work. Since you have power and cat5e available, you...
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    What’s your favourite coffee?

    A high school girlfriend's father was stationed at the Navy's coffee plantation in Columbia. He told me that after Congress decided the government should not compete with the private sector, they sold the plantation and shuttered the roasters, quality went to hell. I think he said that chase &...
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    WTS Fanless Box Intel 4-Core 8-Thread CPU with Quick Sync, 16GB RAM, 120GB SSD. $70~80.

    Have you loaded blue iris one of these?
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    RV Burglary - Rant and A Few Questions

    ^^^ Doh! Got my threads crossed, by about 450 miles!
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