infrared lights./

[redrunner]

not knowing anythink about these things apart from they work in the dark, can they be bought and wired up to assist a cctv system that has them built in but are not that good [ cheap home use one i bought ] to give it better vision in darkness. regards, r.r.

 

[plugwash]

i can't see why it wouldn't work. best get some and try them round one of your cameras and if the improvement is worthwhile add them in other places.

 

[redrunner]

thanks for answer plugwash, can these ir lights be bought then, from a good electrical outlet , do you know ?. cheers.r.r.
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[shedssssssss]

ebay is a wash with cheap IR lamps of varying quality, try on there m8.

e.g.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/48-LED-Infrar...866614735QQcategoryZ48839QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Nothing to do with the above auction btw.

 

[JohnD]

The little LED ones are used for short range. Like if you are looking at someone outside your front door. If you want to illuminate a large area, like your back garden, I think you want more the kind of thing used in offices and car parks, basically a floodlight but with an IR filter or lamp in it.

In a previous life I used IR goggles in conjunction with a sort of car headlamp with a black plastic filter behind the lens. They gave about as much illumination as an ordinary car headlamp would, seen through the IR gogs.

 

[redrunner]

thanks for replies, now know the answer and to where to go. cheers. r.r.

 

[Pensdown]

Just a foot note,

IR lamps work much better on black & white CCT than they do on colour camera's, I made that mistake

 

[Pensdown]

In a previous life I used IR goggles in conjunction with a sort of car headlamp with a black plastic filter behind the lens. They gave about as much illumination as an ordinary car headlamp would, seen through the IR gogs.

Oh yea?.....

 

[redrunner]

Just a foot note,

IR lamps work much better on black & white CCT than they do on colour camera's, I made that mistake

thanks for advice . regards, r.r.