Hi Folks!

Having a problem with a 'security' camera -- maybe 'surveillance' or 'monitoring' might be better. Anyway, the cameras I'm currently using
don't like the heat of the Storage Area (essentially attic). Both cameras
are identical models. Both start to freeze/fail around an outdoor
temperature of 80oF or about 103oF when measured via a non-contact
thermometee about 10 feet away. I have the red pointer on the camera's
case but of course the further away the greater the measurement area.

Currently using SV-USBFHD06H-BL36. The working temperature is -10oC to
70oC = 14oF to 158oF (storage -20oC - 85oC). Admittedly my way of
measuring the temperature from ten feet away isn't all that accurate but doesn't seem like I should be forty-fifty degrees off. And it's with
both cameras; one consistently fails and takes longer to recover than
the other, so not just one bad camera.

So any suggestions on how to cool the cameras off? Or reasonably-priced replacements 'guaranteed' to work.

Needs:
Heat-tolerance
IR -- longer distance (70+ feet preferably)
and/or
Low-lux (current cameras are rated 0.01 lux)
USB -- don't want to go through a 3rd party site and the current
system is USB input.

Just thought of something: both cameras require a USB extension cable to
finish the connection. Is it possible for the camera cable/extension
cable connection to open or otherwise fail with hundred degree heat?

TIA!



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Currently using SV-USBFHD06H-BL36. The working temperature is -10.C to
70.C = 14.F to 158.F (storage -20.C - 85.C). Admittedly my way of

I wonder if the processor inside the camera is running hot enough that,
with an ambient > 100F, the temperature inside the camera is climbing above
the max working temperature?

Mike

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Hi Mike!

Currently using SV-USBFHD06H-BL36. The working temperature is -10.C to 70.C = 14.F to 158.F (storage -20.C - 85.C). Admittedly my way of

I wonder if the processor inside the camera is running hot enough
that, with an ambient > 100F, the temperature inside the camera
is climbing above the max working temperature?

Possibly; for 'fun' I did try to find out if there was a way to moniter
the internal temperature but didn't find anything. About the only thing
that would have done is verify the problem's location -- sort of as a
post script to my original post I had the consideration of a bad
connection to the USB extension cable; unplugged/replugged that
yesterday after a failure -- didn't make ny difference so seems to
eliminate that as a potential failure site.




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