Just curious, has anyone painted the HDW5231R-Z and had any issues?
I want to paint them tan to match the house eaves and shutters but I'm a little bit uneasy as I know it will dramatically effect the emissivity therefore making them run hotter than typical. I just measured one not painted with an IR temperature gun and the camera housing measured 82 degrees while the external housing it rotates within measured 76 degrees (which is the temperature outside), note wind speed is about 10 mph now. So the camera runs 6 degrees above ambient in these conditions. I imagine it will run quite a bit hotter if painted which I would guess decreases the life of the electronics, but maybe that would be negligible.
Any advice? Has anyone measured the temperature of a painted one?
I want to paint them tan to match the house eaves and shutters but I'm a little bit uneasy as I know it will dramatically effect the emissivity therefore making them run hotter than typical. I just measured one not painted with an IR temperature gun and the camera housing measured 82 degrees while the external housing it rotates within measured 76 degrees (which is the temperature outside), note wind speed is about 10 mph now. So the camera runs 6 degrees above ambient in these conditions. I imagine it will run quite a bit hotter if painted which I would guess decreases the life of the electronics, but maybe that would be negligible.
Any advice? Has anyone measured the temperature of a painted one?
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