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  1. CanCuba

    I may have underestimated the LED lights I purchased....

    Cuba is quite safe, relative to the Caribbean and other countries south of the US, in terms of violent crime. Gun crime is almost non-existent. However, as with most countries in the world, theft has been a problem for a hundred years. The bars are original to the house which make them 100...
  2. CanCuba

    I may have underestimated the LED lights I purchased....

    I purchased more solar reflectors a month or so ago in Mexico. Some of the older ones are now over 4 years old and the batteries (32650 type) are failing. I've taken the older ones down and am in the process of sourcing new batteries. That should give them another 4 years of life. When I...
  3. CanCuba

    I may have underestimated the LED lights I purchased....

    I cannot wait for nightfall! Put up some illumination in the passageways of the house.
  4. CanCuba

    Replacement fan for the Dahua NVR

    ^^^^ I second the Noctua fans. Replaced my NVR fans with Noctua fans and I can only hear the air moving.
  5. CanCuba

    Need a new POE splitter to power camera and separate IR

    I've been using these with no issues. They go up to 18W which is decent for the price. 24W (2A @ 12V) units get expensive.
  6. CanCuba

    The Typical picture of a Perp on Nextdoor-type Apps with Consumer Grade Cameras like Ring, Nest, Arlo, Canary, Wyze, etc.

    He might have more light but I have very decent cameras. If we could collaberate, his light and my cams, we'd be in business!
  7. CanCuba

    Recommendations for face detection camera

    I have facial DETECTION running during the daytime on: 2x Color4K/X 1x T5449H-ASE-D2 And facial DETECTION running 24/7 on: 1x SD1A404XB-GNR 1x HDBW5441F-AS-E2-3.6mm The 5441 is the infamous BoobieCam mounted in my front entrance. This allows me to get face shots of everyone entering my...
  8. CanCuba

    I need more hobbies.. Working on a PVC post discrete camera housing... (a better birdhouse)

    I had some camera mounts printed out in black ABS (black ABS has no tints so as to dilute the filament). Roughed them up with some 120 grit sandpaper and gave them two coats of white spray paint (doing some more work with the sandpaper after the first coat was dry). The printers added a hole...
  9. CanCuba

    I have survived another national blackout here in Cuba

    Thanks for the tip. I'll check that out.
  10. CanCuba

    I have survived another national blackout here in Cuba

    I have voltage protectors on all the appliances (split ACs, fridges, etc) so they're safe. A small investment which I'm sure has saved me money. A couple years ago, we had an electrical storm and my transformer started pushing out 135v on each phase. That seemed to fry a couple of LED bulbs...
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    I have survived another national blackout here in Cuba

    I can't say exactly how many but many countries suffer from intermittent blackouts whether regional or larger. Lima, Peru recently lost power in a large scale. Folks I know in Mexico, Honduras, African countries are used to power outages of some scale. Even Nigeria with it's massive oil...
  12. CanCuba

    Canada is swirling the toilet bowl..

    Yeah, I'm not a fan either. He's renouncing his Irish and UK citizenships and will pay Prime Minister while licking the king's (I don't capitalize titles of the monarchy) boots.
  13. CanCuba

    Canada is swirling the toilet bowl..

    Not a fan of Mark Carney but the linked post in inaccurate. Mark Carney is Canadian and was the 8th governor of the Bank of Canada. So, yeah, he has been involved in Canada lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney
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    I have survived another national blackout here in Cuba

    Shit happens and it happens all too frequently here. The national grid went for a dump (again) for the 3rd time in 6 months. I'm not counting the downtime from the hurricane as that happens anywhere a major storm hits. The official explanation is that a substation in a municipality of Havana...
  15. CanCuba

    Go Away!

    I live in the Caribbean and we're currently suffering 18C. That's 64 Bald Eagles per Thermal Rise for the 'Muricans.
  16. CanCuba

    Raccoon Mating Season

  17. CanCuba

    Jamal robs my elderly neighbor

    After installing my original system (12x 2.8mm cams), I quickly realized that what goes on OUTSIDE my property is not only a precursor to what's going to happen ON my property....but it's also infinitely more interesting in terms of people watching! One of these days, I'm going to get around to...
  18. CanCuba

    Color 4k-x 6mm -- Half view out of focus/Blurry

    I've had this issue when I've replaced some of the lenses in my cameras with M12 lenses. If the lens is cross-threaded (easy to do as the thread is very fine), the image becomes blurry on one side. Seems like this slipped through quality assurance. One of my cams is like this. It's a 4K/X...
  19. CanCuba

    Looking for someone to assemble and ship a PC

    It sounds like iGPU will work okay. As I'm looking to move to Frigate, buying a system for the future is becoming a bit of a challenge.
  20. CanCuba

    Looking for someone to assemble and ship a PC

    I've seen people saying that they've gotten the Coral down to 6ms. I think they're using a D1 substream @ 3fps to 5fps. Is rather buy a $60 dual Coral than a much more expensive, and more energy consuming, GPU. I can make the transition slowly from my NVR and slowly add cams. It will be a...
  21. CanCuba

    4 mm replacement lens for DS-2CD2546G2-IS (2,8 mm)

    I've replaced several lenses in my Dahua cameras and I can't imagine that Hik would be any different. AliExpress and Amazon have TONNES of M12 lenses of varying quality. I would suggest trying to match the F-stop as closely as possible to the original lens. And buy a "4K" lens. It's not...
  22. CanCuba

    Looking for someone to assemble and ship a PC

    Thank you. I've gone back and forth with this re: dual Coral The adaptor isn't a deal breaker for me. And having an "extra" Coral to dedicate to face recognition gives me something to play with. And the price makes it attractive considering how they've dropped in price. With Frigate's new...
  23. CanCuba

    Looking for someone to assemble and ship a PC

    I'm looking at making the move from an NVR to Frigate. Everything I need can be ordered and shipped to Cuba (where I live) but it would be easier to just ship an assembled PC. I thought I'd reach out and see if anyone would be interested in giving me a hand. Of course, this would be a paid...
  24. CanCuba

    What a load of sh*t!

    Not with states like Illinois, Florida (sorry lol), New York, New Mexico, etc But hey, at least the healthcare is "free". It really is free for those who don't work. What an irony.
  25. CanCuba

    NVIDIA's $249 Secret Weapon for Edge AI - Jetson Orin Nano Super: Driveway Monitor : Dave's Garage

    This looks like it has a LOT of potential for Blue Iris/Frigate setups with a decent number of cams. If the software support is there, it would be something that I'd consider.
  26. CanCuba

    What a load of sh*t!

    Big thing now is mall jewellery store smash and grabs. Usually more than half are minors. And the stolen car/carjacking wave continues. And many they arrest are out on bail for the exact same thing. As the 51st state, I wonder where Canada would rank in terms of crime?
  27. CanCuba

    What a load of sh*t!

    Looks good on him! https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/caught-on-camera-porch-pirate-steals-dirty-diapers-from-edmonton-step-1.7149314
  28. CanCuba

    Keep an eye on the Canuck's

    And people ask me why I'd never move back to Canada.
  29. CanCuba

    The rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated

    CPAP going off at 2am woke me up. The 150ah battery kept the cameras and fan going until I got up around 7am. Turned the cameras off to save what battery was left. Doing dishes at 9am and the power came back on! There was a recently "rebalancing" of the circuits in this area and we were very...
  30. CanCuba

    Boom boom boom (out go the lights)

    Not here in Havana. But my neighbours are from the province where it hit and they say some houses have collapsed and many houses have cracks in the walls. Not good.
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