the toss 0 Posted October 20, 2012 Here is a little secret for those of you that may have a 24Vac camera that has died on you. First of all DON"T throw it out , it may not be as dead as you think. Just about ALL cameras actually operate on 12V dc , even the 24V ac ones. These cameras have a mini power supply /regulator built in to convert the 24Vac to 12Vdc & this is usually on a separte circuit board. This circuitry is the first line of defence for power spikes etc & 90% of the time is the bit that fails. What we can do is remove this & run the camera on 12V dc only. Open up the camera & you will see where the main power leads run to this board , with the return 12Vdc leads coming back to the main camera circuit board. Simply cut both these leads (AC power in & DC power out) & then join them together making sure you get the polarity right. You can then either remove the old regulater board or just leave it there. There you have it , a re-born camera. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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