Nest Box 1....faces south-east, it is 12x10x32" front height. (back is 36"tall)
Hole is 16 inches up from bottom with the hole measuring 3.5x4"
wide. Bottom has 5 - 1/4" drain holes drilled, top is hinged on
left side. The camera used is a 30LED infrared security spy cam.
It can be used as wireless or can be wired. Since power
needed to be run to it anyway, I went ahead and ran wire for the video
also. Camera cost around $30, wire (100') RCA connectors
audio/video/power cost around $25, both can be found at online stores
including ebay. The camera is mounted high up in the back of the
box. This camera was more clear than the other but it does seem
to get warm quickly. I put a one inch vent hole covered with
screen toward the top of the box to help with ventalation but I won't
get a true test till it starts getting later in the spring. The
wire goes along the ground in some tubing and then up the side and
along the top into the garage. The RCA connections are run into
an RCA switch box and then to a small 13" tv. Everything can be
viewed without disturbing the box. Both day and night video were
good.
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Nest Box 3....faces north, it is 12x10x32" front
height. (back is 36"tall) Entrance hole is 16 inches up from bottom
with the hole measuring 3.5x4" wide. Bottom has 5 - 1/4" drain
holes drilled, top is hinged on left side. The camera used is a 30LED
infrared security spy cam similar to the camera in nest box 1 but without
the option of being wireless. Camera cost around $30, wire (50') RCA
connectors audio/video/power cost around $15, both can be found at online
stores including ebay. The camera is mounted high up in the back of the
box. One thing to note
about the different cameras, having the camera not direct wired gives the
advantage of being able to remove your nest box more easily. Boxes need to be removed each year for maintenance
and just unplugging the RCA connectors is much easier than having to remove the
camera as with the Night Owl cam in nest box one. Like the others,
the wire runs out the back (top) of the nest box and runs along the top of the
pen into the garage. The RCA connections
are run into an RCA switch box and then to a small 13" tv.
Everything can be viewed without disturbing the box.
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