How many watts do you think these cameras will actually use?
- Thread starter ingeborgdot
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Most people have reported that with infrared going the PTZs are around 23 watts and the 5442s are around 11 watts.
But you want excess capacity, so that equals 90 watts, but you wouldn't want a 90watt switch - you would need like 120w or so.
You will need a POE+ switch for the PTZs.
But you want excess capacity, so that equals 90 watts, but you wouldn't want a 90watt switch - you would need like 120w or so.
You will need a POE+ switch for the PTZs.
Ssayer
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I spent 33 bucks on Amazon and bought a meter. Then I checked with IR off, IR on, and IR on with PTZ moving on cams that I felt I needed to know. That worked for me...
Starglow
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We have several of the PoE Texas Gen2 testers where I work and they've held up well and have been invaluable for our PoE testing. The newest version of this tester is 2.5, but I didn't check to see what the enhanced features are compared to Gen2.
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bigredfish
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StevenFromTexas
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Glad to know that I'm not the only one whose NVR Link Quality readings show Poor or - on every camera I have!
bigredfish
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Yeah that’s broke, doesnt matter if I do Enhancement mode on a camera with a 3ft cable
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Mike A.
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A lot of managed switches also will give you POE stats for each port and overall.