New CCTV surveilance system to be installed by a nubie

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I am new to this.

I purchased a Q-See 8 channel, 4 camera with night vision, 720p, analog system a few of months ago when H.D. had them on sale.

I have put off installing it.

So, it has been just sitting here by my desk.

After a few recent local home invasions, robberies and burglaries, it is time to get it up and running.

 

After looking at the paperwork that came with the system, I see that I cannot place the cameras as I wanted to without major additions to what has been supplied in the kit.

So, for now, I'll settle for one camera near each corner of the house watching the areas immediately around the house.

 

What I would like to do is add 2 more cameras to the installation.

Each of them about 150' to 250' from the house.

One set in the front to watch the driveway entrance and mailbox.

The other to be set in the back to watch the storage and generator sheds.

I'm thinking of mounting each of them on an 8' post set in a concrete base.

And add solar powered motion detector lighting, at least in the back.

 

The posts would be either a galvanized chain-link fence type post, or a PVC/ABS type pipe filled with concrete.

Then, mount a birdhouse on the top of each post with the cameras inside.

I want to run the cable down through the inside of the post, then buried until it reached the house.

Both of them would cross under an unpaved drive way.

I am in Hawai'i.

Freeze-thaw is not a consideration.

 

 

I'll need to get 2 more compatible 720p day/night analog HD cameras.

RG59 cables, BNC fittings and tools to assemble them.

I assume I'll also need power supplies for each of them.

I don't need top of the line equipment just something adequate to do the job.

 

Critiques?

Suggestions?

Recommendations?