Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Installing Your Own Security Camera System

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Installing Your Own Security Camera System. Part one

You can install a security camera system yourself without paying an installer. This is the case in most situations, however some cctv cameras and spy cameras require an electrician to be completed.



Starting out we will assume that you have or are considering the purchase of a complete security camera system. The system should include cameras, DVR or similar recording device, wires / cables and power supplies. In some cases systems will come with monitors. Most times you will be able to use a TV to view the live and recorded images if your complete system does not include a monitor.

First a little theory on camera placement. You can try to cover every area with a security camera but this can become expensive. In some cases IE: Business and Banks will need to cover as much area as possible. Your house on the other hand may not need as much coverage. This , of course, depends on the problems you are having or anticipating.

CCTV Cameras are best placed where they can tell a story of the actions recorded. If you have a camera on the front door you will have video of a subject entering and leaving. That's not much help in say a laundry mat but at your house its enough to say they were there and broke in.

There are no universal placements for cameras, each situation will be different. Many business will need the best camera coverage on the cash register. Some business will need to have better coverage on the door or parking lot. Every business is different and needs a different security camera set up.

Probably the most important camera are the egress ones. These should be able to get a clear picture of the subject entering and leaving. So we have a number of doors, we will say two for this example, front and back. Now back to the story line. If you have a camera on the front door and one in the entrance way inside no one will be able to enter or leave without being on at least one camera so the story starts with the subject on the outside camera walking in and away from the camera then we have the subject entering the door and walking towards the inside camera.





Now to continue the story we need to assume that any one breaking in is going to go ... where?


Well assume you are breaking where do you keep valuables? I would go to the bedrooms first for jewelery and money. So your next camera might go in a bedroom hallway or stairs going up to the rooms. Whether you put a camera in the bedroom is up to you and may or may not be legal.


So our story goes we have video that shows this break in and the subject entering the house then see them walk inside then up the stairs and into the bedroom. Then reverse it and see them come out of the bedroom holding what ever they found to steal then down the stairs then exiting the door and the outside camera sees them come out. This makes it very difficult to deny that they broke in and gives you several chances to get a clear face shot ( for Identification) We will cover more of that in Part two.

This is the end of part one.

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