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just bought one of these, I'm impressed with the image. http://www.ebay.com/itm/281331193253?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Also bought one of these with a zoom. it has good image quality. Sony EFFIO CCD 700TVL 9-22mm Vari-focal Zoom 72IR Outdoor CCTV Security Camera I'm not sure of the night vision yet because there at my cottage.

Just lost 2 cameras on my 4 camera system due to a T-Storm. The cameras were 3 years old and run 24/7. They each had their own power supply. I bought this power supply that has protection, hooked it up yesterday. Very nice unit and it clears up all the clutter. It has more than I need but I have extra ports in case one goes bad or add more cameras. http://www.ebay.com/itm/170972105281?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Repairing an eyeball camera with moisture inside. If it has 4 holes in the ring around the outside of the glass like this one, your in luck. Mount the camera in a vise using a towel to protect it. Take a small flat blade screwdriver and hammer and tap the screwdriver in several of the holes counterclockwise until the ring loosens. Be careful its glass. Unscrew the ring and remove it. Remove the glass or lens, than the rubber seal. Dry the inside of the camera out. Put it somewhere warm for a couple of days. Use a hair dryer, a light under it. Got it! Assembly: Clean the camera lens, glass or lens and rubber seal. Put a small amount of silicone sealer on the rubber seal, both sides. Insert the seal into camera, install glass, than the ring. Tighten the ring using a few of the holes. Warning: Do not over tighten the ring because the glass will crack. Also put silicone sealer where the wire enters the camera. After mounting it and adjusting the zoom and focus put silicone sealer over the adjustment screw holes. There are seals in these 3 places that could leak. Follow the drying time on the silicone sealer. Hope this saved your camera!

I'll plug it with something first then put silicone over it so I can have access. don't want these seals to leak.

all done, going to wait a couple of days for the silicone sealer to dry before putting it back up. After fine tuning it I'll fill the zoom and focus holes with silicone.

call them https://www.q-see.com/contact_us/contact_us.php

me too! thx

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can tell me if this HQ-Cam eyeball cam can be opened up? I have 2 of them with condensation in them.

shockwave199, you were right it unscrews in the middle. Put it in the vise and tried a large pipe wrench on it and couldn't get it open. Crushed it in the vise and got it open. This camera was burned out so it didn't matter. figured out another way to get the lens out without distroying it. I took pic's and I'm going to make a how to repair a leaking camera topic.

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If I could get it open without distroying it I would dry it out and put silicone sealer on it. I have a dead one I'm going to experament on but I would like to get some sort of starting point. I think its worth a try the thing is only a couple of years old.