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Cheap(ish) Inspection Cameras at LIDL from 31st May
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<blockquote data-quote="davetheglitz" data-source="post: 266426" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>Tried it this afternoon.</p><p></p><p>Customer heard popping noises behind the soil stack cover and the socket ring fuse had blown.</p><p></p><p>After investigating under the bath to no avail I drilled a 50mm access hole downstairs - and with the camera was able to see where a leak from the bathroom had run down and saturated a taped up choc block - cables burnt out. Typical bodge job.</p><p></p><p>Luckily cables were long enough to be fished out of the hole, made good with maintenance free connections, secured in a connector box with tie wraps holding cable, taped for good measure and poked back in place - bit lucky to find it that easily. All tested fine.</p><p></p><p>The camera gives a good picture and illumination is fine - but in a featureless cavity it's hard to know what you're looking at as there is no sense of scale or orientation - probably needs a bit of practice. There is no zoom in or out function on the camera - don't know if more expensive models have this facility.</p><p></p><p>Also unless in a closely confines space it's difficult to control the gooseneck over any distance. I doubt if I'll ever use more than the first 9 inches - which is probably good advice all around!</p><p></p><p>Overall a useful piece of kit!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davetheglitz, post: 266426, member: 173"] Tried it this afternoon. Customer heard popping noises behind the soil stack cover and the socket ring fuse had blown. After investigating under the bath to no avail I drilled a 50mm access hole downstairs - and with the camera was able to see where a leak from the bathroom had run down and saturated a taped up choc block - cables burnt out. Typical bodge job. Luckily cables were long enough to be fished out of the hole, made good with maintenance free connections, secured in a connector box with tie wraps holding cable, taped for good measure and poked back in place - bit lucky to find it that easily. All tested fine. The camera gives a good picture and illumination is fine - but in a featureless cavity it's hard to know what you're looking at as there is no sense of scale or orientation - probably needs a bit of practice. There is no zoom in or out function on the camera - don't know if more expensive models have this facility. Also unless in a closely confines space it's difficult to control the gooseneck over any distance. I doubt if I'll ever use more than the first 9 inches - which is probably good advice all around! Overall a useful piece of kit! [/QUOTE]
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