Post by pete11 on Mar 1, 2023 8:23:52 GMT
New camera arrived yesterday so grabbed the chance to install it asap - took me 2 hours of faffing, up and down the ladder a few times battling with the stiff fencing wire I'm using to secure the box in place.
Also forgot to put the SD card in first time so had to go back up the ladder again, unscrew bits off the nestbox front, loosen the camera bracket, then take several attempts to squeeze the card into the back of the camera (including dropping the little card and seeing it tumble away down to the ground)...etc etc
It was a real workout
Anyway all now installed and seems to be running fine.
In answer to other questions - yes I had it installed for 2 yrs running and powered on for pretty much the whole of that time. Just the occasional depower/repower when I needed the outdoor socket for mowing the lawn or power tools! And no I don't conceal the camera inside ... BTs have flown up and investigated the area where the camera and wires are many times but everything still worked fine up until the major fault.
Also forgot to put the SD card in first time so had to go back up the ladder again, unscrew bits off the nestbox front, loosen the camera bracket, then take several attempts to squeeze the card into the back of the camera (including dropping the little card and seeing it tumble away down to the ground)...etc etc
It was a real workout
Anyway all now installed and seems to be running fine.
In answer to other questions - yes I had it installed for 2 yrs running and powered on for pretty much the whole of that time. Just the occasional depower/repower when I needed the outdoor socket for mowing the lawn or power tools! And no I don't conceal the camera inside ... BTs have flown up and investigated the area where the camera and wires are many times but everything still worked fine up until the major fault.