Recent content by TheWaterbug

This is good data. I found this i7-6700-based Dell SFF for $425, shipped. That's more than you paid, but it's got 16 GB and 512 GB SSD already, so that's about $100 worth of upgrades that I don't have to do, so I think it's a fair trade-up. I'm going to try that $99 drive cage for storage, too...

Yeah, I think I may be unnecessarily complicating things. I can get a 4-bay USB/SATA cage for $99: And then I can buy a much less expensive refurbed PC and not worry about its form factor. I've never heard of this brand, but how difficult can it be to make a SATA dock?

If you have buried conduit, water will eventually get in, no matter what you do. That's why you want to use a gel-filled cable, so that water doesn't matter.

Thank you. I've read through the Wiki several times, and it makes lots of recommendations on chips, but not so much on cases and form factors. The two models they link for refurbs are typically SFF desktops and minitowers, neither of which can take a lot of drives, and all of which require...

With some cameras you can power an external IR illuminator directly from the camera's 12 V input port, but you have to bypass an internal diode to make it work. Here's how it works on an Amcrest IP5M-B1186EW-28MM: Explanation: there are two 12 V inputs on circuit board, one from the external...

I had no idea erkme73 was that fast - or that erkme73 could turn so fast. :rofl: :rofl:

Does no one care about this? Think of the children!!!!

I'm finally considering building myself a dedicated BI machine. I hate hate hate opening up PCs and messing with internal cabling, so I would love love love to buy a tower with enough room in the front for a 4-drive cage similar to this $65 gizmo: This occupies three full-sized (5.25") bays...

Does it sound like this?

I now have all my Amcrest cameras set to reboot nightly. The symptom has gone away. Not the ideal way to work around the problem, but it does work around the problem.

I'm thinking I should take a walk out there during the night and see what's up. With a helmet, of course.

Double Owl! This time the coyote makes a half-hearted attempt to respond:

This coyote just picked up the gopher that I tossed onto the trail after removing it from the trap:

And the owl is at it again . . .

Flying nap of the earth!!!