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    Home cameras - no cameras on the house

    Fwiw, I have turrets under the eve and you don’t even notice them unless you are close enough and look directly at them. No one ever looks directly in to them except for the people that know they are there. I have dark green fascia and soffit,l. The first turrets I bought were white and I...
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    Max bit rate??

    Yeah your right. I’m all freaking out if I don’t have a months worth. I check it almost daily anyway and I really would be good with around a couple of weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Max bit rate??

    Oh damn you need more storage also lol. Any reason you use 30fps over 15fps? I haven’t tried 30fps but I’m really digging 6144/15fps on my 2mp starlights. And several of them are staying right at that 6144 cap a lot of the time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Max bit rate??

    Since I bumped up the max bit rate it’s like I got new cameras with better resolution. It almost doesn’t make since to have a certain resolution just to hold it way back with a cap on the bit rate. I guess I’m basically trying to figure out what my needs and wants and limitations are. More...
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    Max bit rate??

    Why is it in that pdf it shows such a low bit rate compared to what it takes for mine to look good?
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    Max bit rate??

    My pc only has room for 1 3.5” drive. I looking at maybe getting a 10TB to replace the 4TB Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Max bit rate??

    Holy crap, I set some to 15fps and 6k on max bit rate and I went beyond my 20GB per 8 hour clip. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Max bit rate??

    Should have bought a bigger drive. Pretty much am going to have to tweak each camera to get the most out of drive and video. What about the quality setting? Numbered 1-6? I currently have them set on 5 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Max bit rate??

    I have 4TB and I had 4 cameras, just added 2 more and will ultimately have 8 cameras. Until recently I just left it at the default setting but have realized that was way to low. I am now playing around with my FPS on some of the cameras. It almost seems that lowering the FPS to the 8-10 range...
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    Cat5 or Cat6

    It is rated for direct buried use. As in dig a trench, put wire in, cover with dirt. No need for conduit or anything. Usually it has a tough poly out sheath and then another inner sheath. Sometimes it will have a metallic sheath between them. Along with some type of grease or jelly Sent from...
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    Max bit rate??

    I have some 2mp starlights and I’m having an issue deciding what max bit rate I need to be using on my cams. Some of them are running 15 FPS and some at 10 FPS. Right now I have the 15fps cams set at 3000kbs and the 10fps at 2048fps. I have one camera that is pointing down and has mostly grass...
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    Video removed - FedEx drives over neighbor's dog, no brakes, doesn't stop

    Animals are not people. Big trucks don’t feel things like rolling over a dog on a bumpy road. Nothing good comes from stopping after running over someones dog. The owners will still put the blame on you and try to fight, club, shoot you etc even though it was their fault for letting dog roam...
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    Lightning strike issue

    Might want to inspect your roof and exterior of house for lighting damage. Looks to have got you pretty good. If you look around your property you can probably find the strike marks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Lightning strike issue

    You better check all your electrical wiring or have an electrician do it. I’ve seen romex and receptacles get fried, blow up, vaporize and such. But what’s worse is if you have damage that you can’t see or even notice and over time the added resistance in a splice or connection overheats and...
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    Expecting to much

    My theory is he hired a security company to upgrade his camera. He probably wanted a camera that was so many mp, would capture entire parking lot and be less then x amount of $. When he got the camera and realized it didn’t give him what he expected he raised hell with the company that installed...
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    Is it Possible to Watch BI On TV ?

    I have all my equipment in a media closet and have an hdmi going from bi pc to tv and a monitor duplicating the screen. If I’m in the house but not watching tv I’ll turn the input to it so I can see my cams while I’m doing housework or whatever Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Expecting to much

    All this over a camera, lol what a dork Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Lightning strike issue

    I am a utility worker and deal with a lot of lightning strikes and the damage they cause. I’ve seen lighting disintegrate solid #10 awg like nothing. And I mean the only trace of it was a black mark. When it comes to houses lighting is tricky and almost unpredictable. Everything is vulnerable no...
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    Spiders and insects.

    I was considering trying that. Glad to hear about a concentrate Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Spiders and insects.

    Lol I have used my torch. Haven’t shot any holes in the house yet though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Spiders and insects.

    Well it was getting to the point of constant alerts while they were building webs or if the wind was blowing. But seeing all the black widows living around the windows and doors I really didn’t care for Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Break in line, in wall,

    Every tdr i have owned or used had Vp control settings for the gauge and characteristics of cable being tested. A toner will just bleed over usually. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Spiders and insects.

    I did use some ortho max and I’ve always liked using that. Wish they had concentrated ortho max. These spiders weren’t just around my cameras. They made home all over the outside of my house. As much as I hate having to kill them there was just way to many. I probably need to spray my yard also...
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    Spiders and insects.

    Lol thanks. Spiders don’t bother me and I like what they do but yesterday I was kind of in shock from the amount and thought I had a problem. This morning it made since with the IR Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Spiders and insects.

    Since I’ve installed my cameras I have had a massive spider infestation under my eves and around my windows. I didn’t much think about it but I’m starting to think maybe the IR has a lot to do with it. In the past I had normal amount of spiders on my house and I left them alone and let them do...
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    D- Grade Install at 6 Flags

    I’m guilty of using tie wraps. And if I serious I uses stainless steal tie wraps. Those aren’t going to hold up for to many year in that picture. At least there is a safety cat cable Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Expecting to much

    My experience with being threatened with legal action and being told my lawyer this and my lawyer that is they are always full of shit. And I’ve usually went ahead and filed with my lawyer afterwards and not said a thing and blind sided the hell out of the opposition. Sent from my iPhone using...
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    D- Grade Install at 6 Flags

    Someone should market a magnet mount Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    D- Grade Install at 6 Flags

    I don’t know any installers that carry welders with them. And a place like that is going to bid it out to the lowest bidder probably Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Wiring routing with vaulted ceilings

    If I have attic work in locations I can get to I like to use fiberglass glow sticks that screw together and fiberglass gopher pole. I drill my hole from where the wire is going to. Attach to glow stick, push wire through hole and then get in attic and grab with gopher pole and pull to me Sent...
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