I must admit i don't use internal stuff outside that needs silicone etc to allow it to be used outside...

I chisel the wall out, fit a 20mm self seal gland as usually the hole in the back is threaded, squirt silicon in the gland, squirt silicon over the screw heads, run a bead of silicon all around the camera base/wall except about an inch on the bottom

If it needs silicone it's not suitable.

I agree norm but even if it doesn't need silicone up here we will run it round the camera as the wind and rain can batter a camera for hours. Especially on the east coast side.

Screw it to the wall in its plaggy bag.

Who cares if it mists up

I chisel the wall out, fit a 20mm self seal gland as usually the hole in the back is threaded, squirt silicon in the gland, squirt silicon over the screw heads, run a bead of silicon all around the camera base/wall except about an inch on the bottom

Thats how it should be done (other than screws IMO as the silicon can sometimes cause issues unless the lid is off until its cured.

 

Anyone who doesn't silicon 3 sides of IP rated plastic JBs (no not the bottom Norm) and vandal cameras hasn't fitted enough to understand why we do it!

Edited May 1, 201313 yr by alterEGO

Thats how it should be done (other than screws IMO as the silicon can sometimes cause issues unless the lid is off until its cured.

 

Anyone who doesn't silicon 3 sides of IP rated plastic JBs (no not the bottom Norm) and vandal cameras hasn't fitted enough to understand why we do it!

shouldnt have to silicone external devices imo,as thats where they are designed to do,tho some gear isnt up to the job its desgined to do,i always used to add a good slap on the bottom of rsc's,tho a found a couple of washers to raise it a couple of mill worked better from the piss and god knows what else you find in the high street that makes them rot so much

We tend to use eyeball cameras and cable managed bases (adata le rings), you absolutely have to seal those

With the weather in this country silicone is always worth while, cameras are alot better these days but old habbits and all that.

I find dropping one negates the need for silicone.