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Dummy CCTV

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  • 29-01-2012 5:16pm
    #1
    Mance Rayder
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    I have been considering installing some dummy CCTV camaras with the blinking red LED on my house.

    Has anyone any experience of using these to deter anti-social behaviour and teens loitering in their garden?

    Do they have an effect?


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    KoolKid
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    They stand out a mile. Real CCTV doesn't have a flashing LED.
    Buy some real housing & put that up.
    Take a look at the suppliers sticky.


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    Mance Rayder
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    What about one without the LED. There is one I was looking at that tracks movement in a certain range. If someone walks in front of it it will track them. OTT?


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    KoolKid
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    Do you have a link to what your looking at.?


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    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    I can't find the motion tracker one I was looking at the other day, maybe it was a BS advertisement(On ebay) , as I seen the same camera without the motiong tracking.

    I was thinking along the lines of this one

    http://www.ebay.ie/itm/CCTV-Camera-Fake-All-Weather-use-Very-Realistic-/250685982789?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item3a5e0c8845

    I am trying to find one that looks like the big chunky CCTV cameras you would expect the local council to use.


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    KoolKid
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    The bracket and cabling is very false.
    The cables couldn't be going anywhere from that position. The bracket looks too light to hold a real camera in housing .
    But is that price is the budget then work away.
    Spend around €100 & get real housing some copex & an obo box . Then it would look the part.


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    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    KoolKid wrote: »
    The bracket and cabling is very false.
    The cables couldn't be going anywhere from that position. The bracket looks too light to hold a real camera in housing .
    But is that price is the budget then work away.
    Spend around €100 & get real housing some copex & an obo box . Then it would look the part.

    Thanks for the info.
    I didnt know you could buy housing alone. Budgets not a problem at all, I will spend €€€'s is long as it gives my family some peace at night. Just don't want the hassle of actually monitoring a real camera. Most of the youths are too young to be prosecuted anyway so footage is pretty useless (They're all around 15 ish) but I see some of the neighbours on the road have cameras and they don't seem to go near their gardens.


    What is an obo box? I looked at some of the suppliers websites and I can't see anything to do with camera housing.


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    Diggerdunne
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    OBO box is a plastic type of junction box that u do your connections in...


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    altor
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    CiscoStudent wrote: »
    I looked at some of the suppliers websites and I can't see anything to do with camera housing.

    Ring a few off the list, they will have plenty in stock.

    www.altor.ie



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    KoolKid
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    CiscoStudent wrote: »


    What is an obo box?

    BT-OBO-spec.jpgcopex-hft-dietzel-1.jpg
    CiscoStudent wrote: »
    I looked at some of the suppliers websites and I can't see anything to do with camera housing.

    They all will sell housing on its own.


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    #11
    Mance Rayder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Mance Rayder


    Cheers yes I know what that is in the image just did'nt know the name. I will call around those suppliers tommorow.

    Thanks again.


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    KoolKid
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    Your welcome. Let us know how you get on.;)


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