I've just bought a motion sensitive security camera from Maplins. I want to have it monitoring a hallway which is constantly lit. But how can I hide it so a burglar doesnt steal it? A net of some kind over the lens hole?
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Without knowing the hallway, it's not easy for anyone else to answer. You could perhaps fit a doorbell with the guts stripped out to make room for it inside the case.
However, if the aim is covert security, you can't necessarily do that. What you could do is hide the real camera, and fit a dummy camera so people know they're under surveillance. Position the dummy so that anyone tampering with it is in good view of the real camera. Depending on the nature of the area, you may need warning notices and to register with the DPR.
the hall is inside my house, i am the only occupier, so i can put it where i want cant i? it wont overlook any public area.
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Yes. It could have been a communal or public area from your original post.
Inside something that people expect to find in a hall? As Andrew says a door bell the camera is only a 1" cube so there should be room. An alarm PIR box might be better as that should have some adjustment for pointing direction which might make getting a decent view a bit easier.
A plain hole for the optical part of the lens is required, looking at the picture I'd say about 1/4" at the most. That might look a bit odd in the middle of PIR lens though but maybe not in the body.
People very rarely look above their sight-line (even in cop shows, when they enter a house/room, guns out - they only ever look from side to side, never upwards). You might find the simplest solution would be to paint it the same colour as the room's ceiling and mount it high up. Ideally, it would be above the entrance but then all you'll get is a view of the back of the baddie's head.
Thinking laterally, by the time it's been nicked, it will surely have captured a really good close-up of the scrote's face as he reaches towards it, a better picture than if he'd just scuttled round in the distance. So maybe it's better to see the recording end of the set-up is as unnickable as possible.
A burglar won't steal a 30 quid security camera. They may give a blast of spray paint if they see it, but steal it? No.
Best place to hide it? Big pot plant (Doesn't have to be real - The silk ones look pretty nice).
Ting is, once they're in all they want is cash, jewellery, flat screen TVs, gadgets ... If you really feel the need for a security cam then the local plod should be aware that you feel under threat - Ex-wife? Druggy offspring? Locals retards? Big locks, big ugly dog might work better.
Al.
In message , "george (dicegeorge)" writes
Why not be pro active rather than reactive ?
Why not install some sound bombs. I've just put 8 quad sound bombs in my extension triggered by a PIR I have customised. Believe me, when they go off, it hurts INSIDE your head, forget the ears. The idea is that the burglar would just rather be anywhere else other than there.
In message , geoff writes
Fuzzy??? It's 380 lines I'll have you know......... !
"380 TV lines for clear image resolution "
Gawd, that's poor. A vga web cam gives more lines.
Whoosh?
I caught a couple of robbers last night on three of my hidden video cameras. From my description of the car they used, the police caught up with them about 4 miles away. They had broken into a neighbour's house and stolen a laptop and other items. All the stolen items were recovered. I have three videos of the entire incident.
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