Will IP Surveillance Camera's IR LEDs disturb night cycle?

NorCalFor20 · Jan 15, 2016

Got a 20kw grow and wanted to put in some surveillance cameras, they use IR led's in darkness to enable night vision, and the advertising claims they can see 150 ft in pitch black. Seems like this would disturb flowering plants during the night cycle. Whats the deal? Has anyone used these in their grow room to keep an eye on things? Good to use or not advised?

GoldenSilence · Jan 15, 2016

I recently installed a set of cameras with IR arrays in one of my flower rooms. It has only been a few weeks so i cant comment as to any adverse effects but i would be curious to hear from someone who can answer this question....

stoned-trout · Jan 15, 2016

I always visited 3 outdoor spots and worked with night vision and had a few in greenhouses with no issues..your results may vary...yeehaw

OranguTrump · Jan 15, 2016

NorCalFor20 said:
Got a 20kw grow and wanted to put in some surveillance cameras, they use IR led's in darkness to enable night vision, and the advertising claims they can see 150 ft in pitch black. Seems like this would disturb flowering plants during the night cycle. Whats the deal? Has anyone used these in their grow room to keep an eye on things? Good to use or not advised?

Great question - bump

exploziv · Jan 15, 2016

As you can see, PAR light spectrum stops before the IR spectrum starts. So if your cameras have good ir leds in them they won't bother the plants. But I've seen too many "IR" leds in cameras that can be seen with naked eye (and as you can see in the graph, human visibility spectrum ends well before PAR stops). So, if you can see red glow in your camera leds you should not use them. (Don't sit for too much time looking to those leds tho, they have the power to stress and damage your eyes).
I bet there are some filters you can use over the leds so that they only output true IR, but I have no experience on that. You also have the option of adding external IR leds of better quality or changing the ones in the cameras, if you have have any experience working on electronics.

*Pho20* · Jan 15, 2016

exploziv said:
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As you can see, PAR light spectrum stops before the IR spectrum starts. So if your cameras have good ir leds in them they won't bother the plants. But I've seen too many "IR" leds in cameras that can be seen with naked eye (and as you can see in the graph, human visibility spectrum ends well before PAR stops). So, if you can see red glow in your camera leds you should not use them. (Don't sit for too much time looking to those leds tho, they have the power to stress and damage your eyes).
I bet there are some filters you can use over the leds so that they only output true IR, but I have no experience on that. You also have the option of adding external IR leds of better quality or changing the ones in the cameras, if you have have any experience working on electronics.

This

We have seen hermies clustered around ir cameras.

So what we do is install non ir cameras in flower but have ir cameras at any entrances

You can also throw ir in your veg with no problems

Pay for the highest resolution you can afford we had a brake in and our cameras were useless as far as getting a liscense plate number or any real identity

Weird · Jan 15, 2016

they have a ballast with a IR camera connection so it can monitor the plants for wilt and shut down or trigger watering when it does

RB26 · Jan 16, 2016

No - all my rooms have had IR cameras in them for 3+ years. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

jikko77 · Jan 20, 2016

o.t.: @exploziv: thanks for the pic. very nice and informative.

shredGnar · Jan 20, 2016

RB-26 said:
No - all my rooms have had IR cameras in them for 3+ years. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Do you mind sharing which brand and model you use ? Thanks

scarecrow33 · Jan 20, 2016

NorCalFor20 said:
Got a 20kw grow and wanted to put in some surveillance cameras, they use IR led's in darkness to enable night vision, and the advertising claims they can see 150 ft in pitch black. Seems like this would disturb flowering plants during the night cycle. Whats the deal? Has anyone used these in their grow room to keep an eye on things? Good to use or not advised?

don't worry, to activate the phitochromes in that area you need more watts of Ir

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