Improve Security Camera Night Vision with IR Illuminator

Make night into day for your security camera system with an IR Infrared Illuminator. In this video I compare two of the top 10 Best selling IR Infrared Illuminators on Amazon. Same specs, but two different lights. See how it turns out between the JC 210 and the VIKYLIN IR.
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[@jluis5188]

GREAT SHARE. What I found is to piggyback off other nearby cameras with IR on. To disable the one and leave the surrounding cameras IR ON. This gives you a MUCH CLEANER image at night as the front of the camera with IR off will not have the ghosting from the built-in IR. For example, my driveway camera has IR ON and my yard camera has the IR ON, but the patio doors facing the backyard have IR Off. It is piggybacking off the IR available from the other lights. Now instead of my patio only seeing 20 feet ahead and blacking out beyond that, it sees 60 feet clear as day with no hot spotting in the first 20 feet. SO NICE. TRY IT and let me know what you think. We are a TECH company here in Dallas,TX hope it helps with your projects. God Bless.

[@improvedVIDS]

I had the same problem. If you move your camera to the left a little, you will see better because with your positioning the IR light is over exposed from being projected at a close object (the wall on the right).

[@ProjectBolony]

will have to look into that

[@projectdarla8951]

Great information. Thank you for sharing.

[@liedebunker1253]

Yeah, the flood light is much better. We use IR Illuminators to see an area as big as possible, not a spot.

[@thedarkageisnow]

Thank you from Australia

[@rdooski]

Forgive me if it was mentioned because i did skip around a bit. But it should also be said that a proper power supply should be used when splitting the camera with the light. If the amperage isn't up to par your light wont be as bright as it should be.

[@ProjectBolony]

It was not mentioned, but thank you and will keep in mind.

[@rdooski]

@@ProjectBolony No problem. If your using the one that came with a single camera its most likely a 2 amp power supply and not enough for the two. And if its a larger one powering multiple cameras it probably still isnt enough for everything. Any one thats 5+ should do the trick for a single camera and a light. Anything over 5 would be fine also having to much amperage doesnt hurt, everything will just take what it needs. It seems the jc 210 requires a 3a ps for itself.

[@NextLevelCode]

You could stick a defuser on the spotlight if you want just like a normal light if that helps you.

[@ProjectBolony]

I will have to check that out.

[@Droneslaught]

Thanks for posting this! I have been looking for A good review of these lights!

[@yank3656]

thanks for sharing Project Bolony

[@ProjectBolony]

welcome

[@keithkeithkeith9874]

Do you have problem with insect flying around ir lights and triggering the camera motion detection?

[@ShakinataMarieClaude]

oh my god ! i have the same probleme ! thanks for your video !!

[@femail683]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@ProjectBolony]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jean-christophenicaise1614]

Hi, Thanks for the very good "review" :) Very well appreciated :)

[@whitefields5595]

Greetings from England. In my system I mounted the IR floodlight well away from the camera and much lower down. I disabled the IR light in the camera. This means that the intruder never knows where the camera is. I would also mount your camera much lower down so you can capture faces. Anyway thanks for taking the trouble to do all this for us. ..... pity the specifications did not give you the information we really need!

[@ProjectBolony]

Agree. I like that the cameras are out of reach. The only way I can disable the IR in my cameras is to take them apart and I am not going to do that. Thank you.

[@ttss5726]

Out of reach means nothing planning camera location it also crucial look at businesses the majority of cameras will overlap one another all in the same direction compared to swann cameras with their crapping Field of view you are using two cameras just for the same area. One bullet or turret Tyler’s hikvision wou,d have lit that area up by itself and covered the entire area

[@hippiejohn3810]

whitefields5595 , when suspicious people know where the cameras are it is funny to watch them trying to go around them. They have know idea how wide a view we have, LOL. Plus if every angle & entrance is covered you will get them in the recording...if they know the cameras are there, they will pick an easier target to rob!!!!

[@jfalbo]

thanks

[@pulpanochamaster]

Very complete a d usefull video. Cheers!!

[@ProjectBolony]

Thank you

[@radekradecki3187]

hi, which one do you recommend to buy? I have to illuminate the object from a distance of 30m

[@ProjectBolony]

The one that had the spotlight beam. A narrow beam would be what you want, I believe.

[@houndsmanone4563]

Thanks. Your power source is the house. How about remote areas? Is there a system that takes batteries as power source?

[@ProjectBolony]

Not that I know of for an infrared light source. I know that RING has a couple of options that work by battery, but still need to be close enough to wifi to view.

[@houndsmanone4563]

Project Bolony, thanks much. I happened to find a battery operated IR illuminator made by Brinno (Model APL200). I wonder how it compares to the ones you shared with us? Thanks again for your videos. It was your videos that educated me on a necessity for more IR light to make my night videos show up clearly. If I get that Brinno, I'll let you know. Have a fine week, my friend.

[@ericschoenleber2533]

It's just 12v DC. Any 12v battery would work. Charge it with a solar panel during the day with a rating of at least 100w, with a charge controller, and you'll probably be good. I say 100w, because this unit uses 20w, and you only get 4-5 hours of "good" sunlight per day, depending on where you are. That said, if you had a small wind turbine, you'd benefit from that around the clock. Solar plus wind means belt and suspenders. Also, you'll want the battery or battery array to probably be deep cycle so it has a reasonable life span.

[@ProjectBolony]

Sounds reasonable to me. It does say 12VDC on the back of the light. I think there is only one way to find out.

[@ProjectBolony]

I'll check it out.

[@matt08sydney]

Hey mate you’re better off buying the same illuminators but with the tiny leds they are brighter and spread out wider I was trying to send you a video of my 4 cameras using them but you can’t upload them in the comments unfortunately

[@ProjectBolony]

I'll keep that in mind next order.

[@sve2727]

Well done

[@ddemier]

Do you recommend pointing the IR light going in the same direcrion as the camera OR will the IR light work similar to a motion light mounted way up over the garage at the peak of the gable roof? Will that type of installation allow cameras to pick up the ambient IR light with your experience?

[@ProjectBolony]

Yes, point the light the same direction as the camera for best results. Testing is always best. The cameras will still pick up other ambient light, but the main light source will be the IR flood light.

[@ghostecco1]

This is best for schools that has fields of distance

[@ProjectBolony]

Yes that seems to be where they are useful. The IR light needs something to bounce off of.

[@Pro1er]

You've had these for almost two years now. Any problems with either one?

[@ProjectBolony]

Actually no. I am very happy with them. They turn on every night and really expand the vision of the cameras after dark.

[@Pro1er]

@@ProjectBolony Good to hear, I see a lot of negative reviews saying that the units fail or have water leaks.

[@AshGreen359]

What do you do about fog making the whole thing look like a blizzard?

[@ProjectBolony]

Not sure there is a remedy for fog.

[@AshGreen359]

@@ProjectBolonyI saw someone suggest moving the ir illuminator away from the camera, which is can't do because it's part of the camera

[@RJSoftware2000]

I wonder if you can put the jc-210 behind a diffuser lens. Not sure but one of those plastic frenzel magnification lens, maybe. You might have to build weatherproof box with lens at desired distance, maybe even curve the lens. I have same problem. was even considering making my own ring to install on cylindrical part of swann camera. But your way is better/easier.

[@ProjectBolony]

I would suspect it is possible. I do own 2 of them now. I had ended up reading in the reviews that it was more of a spotlight, but did not see that review until I got the lights. I know the IR Illuminator floodlights were very easy to put up and made a huge difference.

[@JH-tk6ge]

Thank you!

[@madformodz7252]

How much did you pay for informed cameras before you added illuminater are they in for red cameras ?

[@ProjectBolony]

My situation is different as there is a lot of space in between for the IR light to bounce off. That is what the camera sees.

[@liljohnson3677]

Can anyone tell me if I can get my night vision to work again after someone took a red laser light to them and messed them up. I used to see so good at night.

[@ProjectBolony]

Not too sure about that. Only that if the laser burned the photo cell. May need to replace

[@lewisdoe4137]

Need to be color for better visibility

[@ProjectBolony]

It's night time and that is infrared. No problem seeing color during the day

[@oscargrouch7962]

Beware of thermal imagers advertised as "mil-spec" that need an IR illuminator to see well. We used mil-spec infrared imaging systems in the US Army that could see better without IR illuminators than so-called "mil-spec" thermal imagers see with IR illuminators. Those IR illuminators are beacons pointing right back at you for someone using their own thermal imager.

[@dipalihonkalas5128]

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[@abdulrehmanakram.3030]

what's IR illuminator? plz guide me and which cctv camera is give super night vision view?

[@ProjectBolony]

Most of the cameras on the market have night vision. In special situations, the infrared lighting (IR) does not light up the area. That is why you would need an extra IR Illuminator. Like in my case, 2 story, the light goes nowhere. So the IR Illuminator is like a floodlight for my cameras. I am using Swann brand.

[@codingvalley9905]

I'm watching this after few thief tried to enter my house. and thanks to God I was playing pubg late night 😁 and caught them but they run away.

[@ChiefMason]

Infinity Games PUBG FTW

[@Ash-do2pv]

You mean you caught them (red handed or maybe left handed, of course) and they also ran away

[@houljourneyofficial5748]

Get some security cameras like Blinkxt2 and or some window alarms

[@nickj6275]

Infinity Games hope you own firearms 😂 I play pubg also so I know a bit about shooting and people entering my house😂

[@dacrazyhippo]

God damn 😨

[@patterdalezipsuzilil]

Just buy a cctv camera with 40mtr ir

[@ProjectBolony]

That's a thought

[@tbjones8]

Does the camera by itself contain an IR-cut filter?

[@ProjectBolony]

I believe it is that it does not have a filter. That is why it can see the infrared light. Whereas most digital cameras have the filter and cannot see the infrared light.

[@tbjones8]

@@ProjectBolony Thanks for the reply. My home security camera has an LET light sensor and when it gets dark it removes the ir cut filter mechanically and you hear an audible click and then it activates the ir leds

[@ProjectBolony]

Yes. My cameras do the same. They click over. Working with Swann.

[@intergalacticmm3821]

@@ProjectBolony Why not put some motion flood lights instead? You would get a clearer picture than infrared.

[@ProjectBolony]

I agree. The only difference is that the light can then be seen. At least with the infrared, there is no direct indication that there is light.