Re: Recomendations wanted for outdoor video camera (make/model) and retailer

["pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it was but since I had already fixed it I didn't bother. The spray works
good and its cheap.

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"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "pcbutts1" <pcbutts1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I have the color version of this one http://www.smarthome.com/7538.html
> and
>> the problem I had with it is that the heat from it fogs the lens, not the
>> camera lens but the case lens cover. It is not suppose to do that. The
>> outside temp was only about 58 degrees. I solved it by removing the cover
>> and permanently fixed it by using some of that no fog spray you get at
>> the
>> auto parts store.
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> I've had one bulletcam with the same problem, but it was after pretty
> serious immersion in running roof water.  The problem was a flattened
> O-ring
> that sealed the back part of the camera.  There's a substantial difference
> between "weatherproof" and "waterproof" and if in doubt about how wet
> things
> are going to get, it's probably best to go for the "waterproof" models as
> they usually have big, fat O-rings and very deep threaded covers so that
> they rings don't compress to the point that they leak.
>
> Was yours beyond the warranty period?  If not, I would have sent it back.
> I've found that once you have trouble with a camera's seal, it's going to
> be
> trouble again.  I thought I had fixed mine with a new O-ring, but it
> fogged
> up again on the inside of the cover case.  If it happens again, I am going
> to wait for a very low humidity day, run the camera for a while to heat it
> up and drive off any residual moisture and then seal it with silicone at
> the
> edge of the screw-on cap and where the wires enter the camera body.  Not
> pretty but who can see it 20' feet up in the air?  I might even try a
> little
> "No Fog" just to be sure!
>
> After mine fogged up the second time I assigned it to indoor use where
> condensation isn't likely to be a problem.
>
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