{"id":2202,"date":"2011-09-30T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2011-09-30T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:17:10","slug":"how-to-waterproof-a-dome-ip-camera-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/how-to-waterproof-a-dome-ip-camera-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Waterproof a Dome IP Camera Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"ACTi ACM-7411 Megapixel Day\/Night Outdoor IP Camera\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/acti-acm-7411-megapixel-ip-outdoor-fixed-dome-camera\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipcamerasupply.com\/media\/catalog\/product\/0\/2\/02-105603_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a>ACTi\u00a0Dome IP Cameras have IP66 rated waterproof casings but, as ACTi points out, the cameras are only as waterproof as your installation.<\/p>\n<p>Translation:\u00a0 ACTi dome IP cameras can only guarante weather\u00a0imperviousness if both the camera and Ethernet cable are properly sealed off.<\/p>\n<h2>How to achieve watertight installation:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Employ waterproof junction box.<\/li>\n<li>Use waterproof flex conduit to protect Ethernet cabling.<\/li>\n<li>Mount flex conduit to camera using conduit gland \/ conduit fitting (not included with camera, sold separately).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ACTi dome IP cameras have a 3\/4&#8243; diameter side opening which you&#8217;ll need to know when purchasing the conduit gland\/fitting.\u00a0 The diameter of the conduit hose you want to use is up to you but it should obviously be wide enough to accomodate the head of the Ethernet cable.<\/p>\n<h2>Installation Guide<\/h2>\n<p>For more information on waterproofing your dome IP camera installation check out this article from ACTi, &#8220;<a title=\"Waterproof Installation of Dome Cameras\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acti.com\/getfile\/KnowledgeBase_UploadFile\/Waterproof_installation_of_dome_cameras_20110907_002.pdf\">Waterproof Installation of Dome Cameras<\/a>,&#8221; that includes many helpful pictures and an explanation of how to deal with humidity during an install.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACTi\u00a0Dome IP Cameras have IP66 rated waterproof casings but, as ACTi points out, the cameras are only as waterproof as your installation. Translation:\u00a0 ACTi dome IP cameras can only guarante weather\u00a0imperviousness if both the camera and Ethernet cable are properly sealed off. How to achieve watertight installation: Employ waterproof junction box. Use waterproof flex conduit&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/how-to-waterproof-a-dome-ip-camera-installation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acti-ip-cameras","category-how-to-installations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}