Since the early eighties, millions of businesses have installed CCTV systems on their premises’.
But just having security cameras installed on your premises doesn’t mean you are properly covered or that you have the right equipment.
Many times a small business will take upon the task of installing their own CCTV systems.
Then you have the “Chuck in a truck” that is in the practice of “stopping in” and selling his camera installation services on the spot, which could be a good or bad situation depending on the installing technician’s experience and practices.
Regardless of who is installing your security camera system, you might consider reading this article we have created showing you the “Best CCTV Installation Practices guideline listed below as a great starting point.
Good Wiring Practice
Most professional camera installers do a fairly good job in hiding the wires and cables associated with their systems, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you are in the clear.
The importance of proper wiring practices in the beginning installation process is typically underrated and can mean the difference between good vs poor picture quality, vulnerabilities, and future serviceability.
What does it matter if you have a poorly-wired system or not?
Much like your typical perimeter security system, your camera system’s exposed wires can be a vulnerability that professional thieves look for when scoping out your premises.
If the would be intruder sees exposed wires they see opportunity to reroute or cut them rendering a particular camera completely useless.
When installing cable, make sure your installing contractor is properly hiding wires and especially if the wires have to be run outside the premises for routing purposes.
How Important is Picture Quality?
To get the best quality pictures, make sure the cables are not going over florescent lighting and other electrical sources to avoid RF (radio frequency) interference.
One of the worse case scenarios is when you have an “event” and come to find out the suspect in the picture is unidentifiable to the point that you can’t even tell the gender of if they are even a human.
You may have seen a few clips on the six o’clock news where they show a camera shot, but the quality is so bad that there is no way the perpetrator is identifiable.
This is only one reason why picture quality is detrimental and so important.
If you have a camera system that has public display monitors (some monitors are installed show the public they are under surveillance).
If you have cameras that are out of focus, not turned in the proper direction, or have RF lines across the screen, you are really better off simply turning the camera system off.
By showing your outdated and dilapidated camera system to the public you are letting would-be thieves know that they are in the clear to get whatever they want.
Future Serviceability
Another great reason for using proper camera installation practices is to insure that future service calls will require minimal effort on the part of the service technician.
Poor connections, loose wires, overstretched cables and hard to reach junction boxes all contribute to serviceability.
The reason why serviceability is so important is because the more difficult it is for the service technician, the more costly is will be for your business.
The difference can mean the difference of paying for a two hour service call and an eight hour service call. All because of good or poor installation practices.
Hopefully you now understand some of the reasons why proper installation wiring and the installation (in general) is so important when it comes to you businesses CCTV camera system.
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