Camera quit working in the cold
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The patch cord going to the switch has AWM 2835 60 C 30V VW-1 26AWG/4PRS. The cable going out to the cam is 23 AWG 75 C (UL) C(UL) CMR---ETL VERIFIED TO TIA..... So, no CCA.
What??
The camera is mounted to a wall outdoors..... what good is it if it is wrapped up with a few towels/aluminum foil/tape????
This is where I feel like I'm being pranked.
Seriously. I'm not going to wrap the camera in towels, aluminum foil, and tape.
That's exactly what happened. I swapped locations. Bad stayed bad, good stayed good. Not cabling/power, as good cam works at both locations.
Not the cameras, the connection point lol. The cameras run hot so no insulation is needed.
LOL! Would I do this before or after I wrap it with towels, tinfoil, and tape??? Hahaha. The camera is no good. Now I just need to decide what to replace it with.
The cables go through a hole into the (weatherproof) OSB soffit of the overhang in front of my garage. There is no room for towels, etc. in that space.
Plus, that space is fairly inaccessible. I'd have to go into the boiler room, remove a 4x8 piece of OSB, climb up in the hole and through the rafters for 45 feet. For me, those days have passed, my friend.
Yeah, if my camera worked 'only when warm' it would be no good at all for me. I use them for security, especially when I go south for the winter. Now I have no security, so I'm still here...freezing.
Thanks for your trying.
It sounds to me possibly moisture got into the camera on the PCB, when it gets cold it freezes and stops
Can open it, Use a hair dryer to dry out inside, because the camera has been used for around 2.5 years, the descant pillow expired so need to change a new one in it.
It sounds to me possibly moisture got into the camera on the PCB, when it gets cold it freezes and stops
Can open it, Use a hair dryer to dry out inside, because the camera has been used for around 2.5 years, the descant pillow expired so need to change a new one in it.
There is a silica pack in every camera to absorb moisture. Some here swap them out every year. Others never touch it. That is what he is referring to is to replace that silica pack with a new one.
I used these to fix the internal moisture/fogging on two older Bullet cameras (ipc5231-z12's) but they werent having the issue your having. yours is toast I'm afraid. The last straw is opening the motherfucker up and seeing if there are signs of corrosion from internal moisture, if not Shit can it.
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looney2ns
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The patch cable you mention, where is it in the chain?
I've had the same issue with a T180 camera since winter began in Alberta. When I bring it inside and it warms up it works. When it goes back outside it ceases to work after a little while. I've changed out cables, swapped locations with other cameras, different POE injectors, different POE and non-POE switches, etc. I've simply come to the conclusion that it will no longer function properly in cold weather and I will need to replace it with something else.
Maybe I will swap out silica packs at some point and see if that works, but I have a hard time believing after all the other variables that I have checked that a silica pack will suddenly make it start working again in cold weather.
Maybe I will swap out silica packs at some point and see if that works, but I have a hard time believing after all the other variables that I have checked that a silica pack will suddenly make it start working again in cold weather.
And yet people have T180s in the ground and on roofs working as sky cams and get completely covered in inches of snow and keep on working.
Doesn't mean there are not a few lemons out there or that the tolerance is on the low end of a few, but many have the T180 working in cold climate just fine.
Doesn't mean there are not a few lemons out there or that the tolerance is on the low end of a few, but many have the T180 working in cold climate just fine.
Your theory is that it gets too cold and the camera electronics stop working. The camera generates heat internally, so if you were to wrap it temporarily you would help keep that heat in. You are just trying to rule out problems.
My completely exposed to the elements T180 being used as a skycam chugging right along in single digit to negative digit degrees F and buried in at least a foot of snow and snow drift.
Now my little Amcrest in the garage is being a little sensitive to the cold, but a fresh round of dielectric grease and wrapping the connector with a washcloth solved it!
Now my little Amcrest in the garage is being a little sensitive to the cold, but a fresh round of dielectric grease and wrapping the connector with a washcloth solved it!