CCTV - Flat panel infra-red illuminators?

It happens that Simon C. formulated :

If you need to illuminate a large area, the spot lights seem to be the cheap effective way to do it. They used to be an ordinary tungsten lamp, with an IR filter to cut off the visible light. For a smaller area, you might try several IR LED's - you can get some quite powerful ones now. Perhaps buy a few as a sample, test them with the camera and see how many more you might need. These could be set up in a very thin panel.

If you can possibly install an ordinary sensor light, that will give the best picture.

Here are two uninvited people caught by a 300watt sensor light on a building site that I am monitoring:

JimK

Adam

In article , ARWadsworth writes

rectangular array in a housing that would be adaptable to the o/p's needs but I am damned if I can find it. From memory the housing was a bit like a miniature version of a sealed outdoor fitting for a linear halogen but the back could be discarded, price was pretty reasonable, in the low twenties. Can any other CPC users remember it?

Thats EXACTLY the thing I was looking for. Many thanks. As you imply, the ebay one looks a bit cheap, and it doesn't mention anything about weatherproofing. If anyone has info on other models I'd be grateful.

Thanks again.

They are drinking cans of beer.

email me I know a supplier not far from you.

Adam

Big Clive has a PCB and circuit for fitting LEDs into a halogen floodlight casing.

Owain