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Author Topic: Placing camera outside the house  (Read 3225 times)

stribor

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Placing camera outside the house
« on: August 05, 2014, 07:50:01 PM »

Is it safe to put this camera outside the house? Did anyone used it outside at all?

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JavaLawyer

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Re: Placing camera outside the house
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2014, 06:00:33 AM »

The DCS-5020L is not designed for outdoor use (i.e. protection against humidity, water, extreme temperature variation). Using this model outdoors would be at your own risk.
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Re: Placing camera outside the house
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2014, 07:13:27 AM »

Is it safe to put this camera outside the house? Did anyone used it outside at all?

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Where do you live? The world is a pretty big place with varying conditions that might work in one area but not another.

I agree with JL though.

There's a YouTube video showing extreme rain conditions on a dlink cube camera with a garden hose I believe.
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Re: Placing camera outside the house
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2014, 07:43:26 AM »

I would also be more concerned about placing the DCS-5020L outdoors because of the pan/tilt motor and exposed seams in the case used for rotation, as opposed to other models that are 100% solid state circuitry with no moving parts (except for the magnetic IR cutfilter for Day/Night cameras).
« Last Edit: August 06, 2014, 08:33:57 AM by JavaLawyer »
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