{"id":55013,"date":"2011-09-30T12:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2016-07-05T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T13:48:34","slug":"how-to-waterproof-a-dome-ip-camera-installation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/how-to-waterproof-a-dome-ip-camera-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Waterproof a Dome IP Camera Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"\/media\/catalog\/product\/0\/2\/02-105603_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" \/>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 guarantee 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:\/\/www2.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.\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 guarantee 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;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1025,1030],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acti-ip-cameras","category-how-to-installations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55013"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194253,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55013\/revisions\/194253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}