Recent content by bdbull

Oh Yeah! I'm spitting mad right now. I just removed the SPRAY FOAM whoever built this house used to caulk the gap. I replaced it with actual caulk that should have been used in the first place. It's getting dark here so I'll let the caulk dry overnight and check for daylight with my endoscope...

I think you're right and I think I just figured it out where it's coming from. Just stuck my endoscope up there and thought I saw daylight from a seam. Ran my fingers along the seam and could see where my fingers were as I moved them. So water definitely has to be coming in through that seam and...

How much water we talking here? I've only had this camera up for 6 months at the most. I am in Georgia where we have some brutal summers, but the camera hasn't even been up through a summer yet. There was a lot of water in it. I had my yard work clothes on when I got soaked and I stayed wet for...

Long shot but looking for any ideas as to what might have happened here. Had a camera go down around 1am last night. Thought maybe it was just a glitch so I unplugged the POE to hopefully reboot it. Still nothing. Went up the ladder to take it down and troubleshoot and got soaked when I started...

Right, both of the more expensive recommended cameras have a 1/1.8" sensor, but they also have different lens size options so I was curious about that...as well as IR vs. LED. Just looking at the descriptions, IR seems to have a max illumination distance of 164' while the LED's max is 98'. If...

LED vs. IR...any noticeable difference for what I'm looking for, long range viewing? And what about lens size, 2.8, 3.6, 6? From what I've read, the larger lens size gives a smaller field of view.

Are the recommended cameras in the Frigate docs still valid? I have one of the Amcrest cams that is recommended, and so far it works fine. So I guess I'm wondering if the others are worth the extra $100. I have a large yard and am really just looking for "overview/observer" type cameras...

Thanks for the replies! Don't really have a set budget. Obviously would like to spend as little as possible, but if things are expensive, then I'll just piece the system together over time. I guess I'm more interested in finding the right pieces for the system and over time I can build it out...

At the risk of being ridiculed, I'm posting because I feel like my scenario isn't quite the run of the mill "what should I get" post. I'm looking to put a system on my property. I have read the cliff notes several times, but can't quite decipher the information I need in my situation. I'm not...