Diy Fix-Advice Needed

[james.wilson]

Sorry I forgot to add, the original box that packed in was an 8 cam system, the new dvr is 16cam and only has the old 8 cams attached. Do I still need the extra power supply?

Think about it. Chances are the psu was specced for 8 cameras. Uts possible its big enough for more it depends on its output. But even if it is you will still have volt drop issues if u don't use a big enough cable.

[Scott Morrison]

As far as I can see they are 24 IR LED 12v dc, s/n ratio 48db, 1.0vp-p 75ohms

[datadiffusion]

You'll need the wattage or current.

To be honest, unless the club is utterly cash strapped, it sounds like a job for a professional.

[Scott Morrison]

Hey sorry it's 150ma, yea we are hence the budget flea bay DVR and the original installer isn't working any longer. So we're going to give it our best budget shot

[petrolhead]

Using cat5 without experience in planning and faultfinding is a recipie for interferance. Rg59 or rg59 shotgun is far more forgiving.

It sounds like you are fitting useless ****, but at least decent cable will give you a fighting chance, and an opportunity to fit something better but still inexpensive later. Had you ahveasked beforehand we could have pointed you in the direction of some usable kit for not much money.

[datadiffusion]

Hey sorry it's 150ma

 

That sounds very low, I take it these are indoor cameras without any kind of IR?

[Scott Morrison]

Using cat5 without experience in planning and faultfinding is a recipie for interferance. Rg59 or rg59 shotgun is far more forgiving.

It sounds like you are fitting useless ****, but at least decent cable will give you a fighting chance, and an opportunity to fit something better but still inexpensive later. Had you ahveasked beforehand we could have pointed you in the direction of some usable kit for not much money.

Yea it's cheap **** but the reviews online seemed ok to the novice DIYer like me lol what kit would you recommend and where from?

[al-yeti]

Just use local power supply as suggest before cat5 should work and worse case buy better cameras as you go along

[petrolhead]

Hikvision or qvis is solid budget kit, particularly the low light performance on the cameras.

Where are you based?

Be careful buying cable, you need genuine copper, not copper clad aluminium or steel.

I still think rg59 is more suitable for a novice. The number of poorly done cat 5 jobs i have come across is unreal especially when people insist in buying **** baluns.