Camera quit working in the cold

[wpiman]

The fact that it took 10 minutes for it to work inside plugged in with a short cord indicates that is might not be a power problem-- unless perhaps a cold camera just needs more juice?

EmpireTech 8MP 1/1.2" CMOS Full-color Fixed-focal Warm LED Turret Security Camera IPC-Color4K-T

8MP 1/1.2" CMOS image sensor Built-in warm light and the max. illumination distance is 50 m Supports max. 256 G Micro SD card Built-in Mic 12 VDC/PoE power supply ePoE, IP67 protection SMD 3.0

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Does the "warm" light kick on to actually warm the camera up? I thought the term "warm" referred to the softness of the light.

Is your inside lit and your outside dark when this happens? Maybe when it is inside, try logging into the camera and blasting those warm lights and having the focus set to manual and go in and out. That way, you are having the camera use a lot of power. See if it powers off.

What kind of POE switch do you have? Does it report current? Maybe see if it changes when the camera comes in from a cold day.

I'd also maybe try to clean the connector pins on the camera and cable with some electronic cleaner.

Maybe also try to warm the camera up outside with a space heater or something and see if it comes back to life?

 

[bigredfish]

Warm is a description of the light color

Grab a hold of it after the white LED's have been on for a few hours.
It gets pretty warm

 

[observant1]

I installed a Lorex camera in a freezer. It didn't work. a few days later after removing it....as soon as it didn't work it still was DOA.

According to the specs it should have worked. DOA ever sense. Could have been bad from the start but wasn't my equipment. Never tested on the NVR before install (like they ask you to do) but never worked in the very cold freezer, and never worked after several days of warmth.

I didn't supply it. I just installed it. It went from about 68 to -1 degrees in a matter of 15 min.

 

[observant1]

I've also seen some cameras take their on sweet time to come alive and initiate. I always give them time. Wire test can be fine. Crazy how some seem to take longer than others to show up.

 

[observant1]

I thought the term "warm" referred to the softness of the light.

Correct. Doesn't have anything to do with cameras temp.