12V SMPS for Infrared Cameras
12V SMPS for Infrared Cameras
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How does 12V SMPS work for outdoor surveillance cameras? A typical camera is the Clover CL-501SNH for which it advertises a 12V SMPS. Does this mean that the camera has an onboard battery like my personal video camera and it requires DC current to charge (ostensibly from an AC source)?
Or does it mean that that these surveillance cameras run from a DC on-board motor (for panning, tilting, etc.) that the SMPS modulates from 110 VAC down to 12V DC for power?
I've talked to 3 of these camera "representatives" who don't know anything about SMPS, other than how to spell it. And one of them spelled it wrong.
Thanks,
Hugh007
Or does it mean that that these surveillance cameras run from a DC on-board motor (for panning, tilting, etc.) that the SMPS modulates from 110 VAC down to 12V DC for power?
I've talked to 3 of these camera "representatives" who don't know anything about SMPS, other than how to spell it. And one of them spelled it wrong.
Thanks,
Hugh007





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Which bits of the apparatus use 110V AC and which bits use 12V DC is anyone's guess.
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Our EO systems uses a gridded window heater that runs off the same 28 Vdc that the rest of the system uses.
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