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Upcoming Camera Project Questions

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Hello All,

 

I'm currently doing some research for an upcoming camera install at my in-laws farm shop.

I have a few questions that hopefully can be answered or at least be pointed in the right direction.

 

Some background info:

 

I plan to install 10 Hikvision cameras:

 

4 Bullet with motorized zoom (Red)

4 Turret Style (Blue)

2 Mini Domes (Orange)

 

Overall picture of camera locations.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7e3jv2imtBPXS8kUjMx3TxPsQUnn-NZjOWG3gpPPwzs?feat=directlink

 

Equipment I plan to use on this project:

 

Router: ERPro-8

Shop POE Switch: WS-12-250-AC

Cable: PT6LC14 - 400 ft Pre-terminated Fiber Optic Cable - 6 Fiber MM 62.5 Outdoor Armored cable, terminated with LC connectors

Camera Cabling: Ubiquiti Tough Cable

Cable Connectors: TC-Con-100

 

There is more equipment involved but I won't bore you with all of it

 

 

Now to the Questions:

 

The farm shop is a metal structure wrapped in sheet metal.

How would you guys mount your cameras to it? I'm trying to minimize the amount of holes I drill into the shop.

There are also I-Beams and Channel/C-Beams that some of the cameras will be mounted too.

Drilling holes in the support beams doesn't sound very good.

How would you guys mount equipment to I and C beams?

 

 

Here are some pictures I took of the install locations.

https://picasaweb.google.com/107346974911468509331/CameraProject?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPy39IrohdDZAw&feat=directlink

 

THANKS for reading such a long post...

 

Dave

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Now to the Questions:

 

The farm shop is a metal structure wrapped in sheet metal.

How would you guys mount your cameras to it? I'm trying to minimize the amount of holes I drill into the shop.

There are also I-Beams and Channel/C-Beams that some of the cameras will be mounted too.

Drilling holes in the support beams doesn't sound very good.

How would you guys mount equipment to I and C beams?

 

Have you considered using magnetic attachment?

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Use unistrut to make a clamp with threaded rod and then fix whatever you need onto it , wooden board/metal platees etc.

fixing to the sheet metal- I would fit a large wooden/ metal board behind the camera so it spreads the load and you can get a solid fixing. You can make just about anything out of unistrut with the proper fixings and joining plates/zeb clips etc.

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Use unistrut to make a clamp with threaded rod and then fix whatever you need onto it , wooden board/metal platees etc.

fixing to the sheet metal- I would fit a large wooden/ metal board behind the camera so it spreads the load and you can get a solid fixing. You can make just about anything out of unistrut with the proper fixings and joining plates/zeb clips etc.

 

 

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Thanks for the suggestions.

 

The Unistrut sounds like a good way. While doing some research I also read a person used a beam clamp and a junction box as a camera mount. The magnetic attachment might work for the inside cameras.

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you could also use girder clips onto the beams and bolt a small plate on it and mount the camera on the plate- google girder clips.

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