Drying It Out

I have a nice little video surveillance type camera which, if I remember correctly, is supposed to be sealed against water ingress to IP66 standard. Maybe it was IP55. It worked just fine until I fixed it to a fence panel to monitor for any hedgehog visitors. All went well until we had a couple of 'tropical' downpours. After that it started to mist up when the Sun shone on it and at night when its IR LEDs warmed up. Obviously some moisture had got inside.

Fortunately the body is in two halves with just three screws holding them together. I took off the front half and kept the camera powered up in the conservatory for a few days to evaporate any moisture, though nothing inside looked in the least bit damp. The idea seems to have worked. The camera is now re-assembled and fixed to the side of my shed observing anything which moves at the back end of the garden. Also it is under the overhang of the roof with some self amalgamating tape round the join in the body. That should help to keep it snug and reasonably dry.



A quick check yesterday morning to see any captures showed nice clear recordings.
No sound on this video.



It made a change to see something other than moths and spiders being recorded.

I keep hoping to see whether any of the local foxes visit.
They have been in the front garden in the past and fences are no barrier to them.

The final video was made using a free version of VideoPad  which is available for Mac and PC.