Lightning strikes and voltage surge will damage everything, it’s the devastating blow to your security camera systems. Lightning/surge protection is essential when installing the video surveillance systems, especially the outdoor cameras are prime targets for lightning strike.  Although most majority CCTV equipment features standard lightning/surge protection, you still need to have extra measures to protect the system from lightning strikes. How to protect your camera system from lightning? All the equipment should be properly grounded to the building’s structural steel as close to the equipment as possible. Don’t use individual power supplier for cameras, using a power distribution box with [...]

Video camera systems become the essential electronics as part of your home appliances, more and more people concerns how to maintain the video surveillance system, therefore can not only let you achieve the desired video surveillance result, also may extend the lifespan of your system. Leo is the security expert, he repents us the 15 practical tips for maintaining the video camera systems. Following these tips can avoid your system to become very expensive yet ineffective CCTV system. 1# Clean your camera’s lens Accumulated dirt or dust on your camera lens will result in blur image or the camera will [...]