Re: cctv camera no image

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

<e.david6@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 31 Oct, 03:10, Brittany <jiye...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Oct 30, 3:21 am, e.dav...@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > What could be the cause of a cctv camera suddenly having no image?
> > > There is still a power LED coming on, but no signal coming through.  I
> > > have tested the voltage on the BNC output and it shows 0V.
> >
> > checking your video cable port
>
> Wow, what a response.  The camera is Ademco acm574tpx.  It's
> monochrome and I don't have the lens fitted.  No idea of its age and
> no idea what happned to it as I got it from an online auction.
> There's some capacitors inside and I'm tempted to buy an Atlas ESR
> meter to test them.
>
> When I first switched it on, I saw a fuzzy image on the screen and
> then it all went black.  It has an internal power supply which is
> 20-29 V AC.  I tested it with a DC supply.  It would be nice to repair
> it as it's a decent camera.

Lets see if I have this straight, you switch it on, get a fuzzy image for a
few seconds before it died and you think it's a decent camera?

<shaking his head>