hi, I guess this is an old question but I couldn't find any similar posts when I search for it. I am wondering if I place a pan& tilt ip camera inside my house, right next to a glass window so I can sometimes check out the front of my house, would the heat or sunlight damage it after a while? I mean it is not extremely hot like the inside of a car but sunlight does get to it for several hours during the day. thank you for any explanation!
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The heat may be a problem but the biggest problem is IR reflecting from the glass.
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mat200
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Hi Sabrin,
e007 covered the most critical issue.
Will heat or sunlight damage a IP camera - depends on the material it is made out of.
UV and heat do damage plastic - and this is one reason why dome cameras over a long period of time when exposed to direct UV will get "fuzzy", as well as having issues with the foam / rubber inside of the dome decaying.
Ideally you want an outdoor rated camera mounted outdoors.
If you can not do that - then I would certainly try something in the window ( example if you live in an apartment, and yes - there will be times it sucks due to the inside or outside light reflecting off the window.. )