[RFI] IR Illuminator for Security Cameras

Michael Tope W4EF at dellroy.com
Sun Jan 30 13:55:29 EST 2022


I have a couple of south facing security cameras that I  have tucked 
under the soffits of my high desert cabin so they don't get baked by the 
high desert sun. The tradeoff for this is that I am getting glare off 
the soffit from the camera's built-in IR LED arrays which spoils the 
night vision image quality. I am thinking of purchasing some external IR 
LED arrays to solve this problem.

I found a positive review of this illuminator, but I got a little 
worried when I saw the FCC part 15 warning prominently displayed in the 
user manual:

https://www.amazon.com/CMVision-IRP12-850nm-WideAngle-Power-Illuminator/dp/B00Q156IPE/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1503002750&sr=8-1&keywords=irp12-850&linkCode=sl1&tag=stf03-20&linkId=1ea87920d2d4d067e723c3100182acbe

I am not aware of any interference from the IR LED arrays that are built 
into the cameras, but just in case these illuminators are more 
problematic I thought I would run this by the reflector before I press 
the "add to cart" button.

Thanks,

Mike W4EF.................



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