So I'm just wondering what other peoples home security strategy is and whether they run with IR or not.
I have 6 of the Hikvision 2CD2335-I's and 4 are mounted so far. The other two will be going in this week. I'm using BI for recording. But I'm wondering how others are running their security cameras. Some general questions I'm thinking:
I had a visitor at 3.30am the other morning that checked out the back of my house. As soon as he saw the CCTV IR light he immediately turned and left. On his way out he took a look in my shed and "borrowed" my two Makita cordless drills. I got off lightly as he could have been thinking of breaking into the the house but the cameras put him off. So I'm just thinking of what else I could do/run to improve the system. I also have a German Shepard puppy on the way......
I have 6 of the Hikvision 2CD2335-I's and 4 are mounted so far. The other two will be going in this week. I'm using BI for recording. But I'm wondering how others are running their security cameras. Some general questions I'm thinking:
- Do you solely rely on IR?
- If not, do you use flood lights? Motion detected or permanently on when it's dark? (In Ireland we have about 16 hours of darkness in winter)
- Do you run the cameras on motion detection only
- Or do you permanently record 24/7 and save what you need?
I had a visitor at 3.30am the other morning that checked out the back of my house. As soon as he saw the CCTV IR light he immediately turned and left. On his way out he took a look in my shed and "borrowed" my two Makita cordless drills. I got off lightly as he could have been thinking of breaking into the the house but the cameras put him off. So I'm just thinking of what else I could do/run to improve the system. I also have a German Shepard puppy on the way......