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    Help please with outside ring floodlight cam

    Currently have a basic outside light on a switch but want to replace with a ring wired floodlight camera. I have extra wires because of the switch but for the life of me I can’t remember what slot I would put them into on the ring backing plate. As it only have E N L and existing has E N L1 L2...
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    CCTV Single Camera to iPhone? - recommendations?

    I'm just looking at some CCTV Cameras as we want just one simple model for our Garage that looks down our driveway for security. There looks like there are lots of models to choose from now but just wanted anyone's advice before I dive in, buy and put one up. I don't have a large budget, and...
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    Nest Camera Outdoor - Max Height for exterior spurred socket with FCU

    Greetings all, I've just temporarily installed a nest Outdoor Camera and fed the 25ft of cable through the windows until next week. I then intend to fit an external socket and take the power from that via the 3 pin plug. My idea is to do the following: Convert the unused phone socket next to...
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    CCTV for Texecom Elite

    Hello! I have just installed a Texecom Elite 64W along with the Texecom Connect and am looking for outdoor (and indoor) IP cameras which can be integrated with the system. I know that any IP Camera must work with the system, although I want to avoid these Chinese cameras which have a backdoor...
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    Cold Home - Thermal Camera/Flir One

    Hi everyone, Can someone please help me? I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out why our home is so cold. I managed to get a Flir One (Gen2) Thermal Camera pretty decent price. I'm not sure if I'm using it properly. I've taken some photos of the outside of the house and some of the...
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    Outside Light and Camera Door Bell on Fused Spur

    Hi, I have a 60Watt light near my front door which is wired to a fused spur, I was wanting to put a camera door bell like Ring and wire it to a Byron 776 which has a built in transformer and then run some flex from the transformer to the existing fused spur and run it with the outside light...
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    Pyronix XCAM/S No UID

    Hi Folks, I have just done a self install of the Pyronix enforcer and am just setting the cameras up to the Home Control+ App and I find that my external camera does not have the UID sticker, internal camera ok. Obviously I checked everywhere to see if come adrift. Supplier suggested I ask on...
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    Using light ring to power CCTV cam

    Hello I want to install an internal CCTV camera in the kitchen facing the garden door. I need to mount the camera on to the ceiling (dome camera). The only way I can get power to the camera is by taking a feed from a near by downlight. Am I 'allowed' to do this? Would I be breaking any...
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    Wired CCTV in through Granite house

    Evening all I am looking to install a wired CCTV kit but an struggling to route the cables due to the build of our house. The external walls are granite and almost 2' thick so drilling a 30mm + hose would be a pita. I though of routing the wires through the loft out a vent but having been up...
  10. Lee S.

    Change video time on doorbell from 30 seconds to always on or longer time

    Hi all, long time listener, first time caller. I have a Friedland visiocam 46603pl, 2.4 ghz wireless monitor, ed1. \It has 2 units, the doorbell with the camera and the remote video screen which will show video of person who pressed on the doorbell for 30 seconds. I would like to tweak the...
  11. Lee S.

    Change video time on doorbell from 30 seconds to always on or longer time

    Hi all, long time listener, first time caller. I have a Friedland visiocam 46603pl, 2.4 ghz wireless monitor, ed1. \It has 2 units, the doorbell with the camera and the remote video screen which will show video of person who pressed on the doorbell for 30 seconds. I would like to tweak the...
  12. Lee S.

    Change video time on doorbell from 30 seconds to always on or longer time

    Hi all, long time listener, first time caller. I have a Friedland visiocam 46603pl, 2.4 ghz wireless monitor, ed1. \It has 2 units, the doorbell with the camera and the remote video screen which will show video of person who pressed on the doorbell for 30 seconds. I would like to tweak the...
  13. eveares

    Replacing Stock Lens on Foscam FI9853EP IP Cam

    I have a number of IP Cams outside my house and one them is a Foscam FI9853EP PoE cam. The stock f:2.8 70° lenses is just not wide enough for the 90° inside wall corner where the cam is installed in, so today I went ahead and ordered a f:2.8 115° lens. Hopefully it will fit, but even if it...
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    Survey: Value of Smart Home Services (University of Stuttgart)

    Dear Community, my name is Tobias and I'm studying business administration at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. We are investigating a so far scarcely treated research topic and therefore need your help: We aim to understand the customers’ use value perceptions of Smart Home Services. In...
  15. eveares

    Spider Repellent for CCTV Cameras.

    I have seen this product that is designed to keep spiders of of CCTV camera, and just wondering if anyone has used it before and is it any good? Just need a way of keeping spiders of my CCTV cam's outside as the cobwebs blowing in the wind keeps triggering the motion detection at night...
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