Threw $350 at a remote camera setup for my boom and it's been a lifesaver

I work on a tower crane over by the river in Portland and I got tired of guessing where my hook was on blind picks. Bought a wireless camera kit from a rigging supply place and mounted it on the jib. Cost me about 350 bucks and maybe 2 hours of wiring on a Sunday. It broke after 3 months in the rain but I patched it with silicone and it's still kicking. Anyone else tried one of these or got a better solution?

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anna7176d ago

Laughing at myself because I spent almost that much on a fancy baby monitor to watch my toddler from the kitchen, and it crapped out after a month of dry indoor use. Your $350 camera that survived rain and a patch job with silicone sounds way tougher than my overpriced gadget. I bet your setup has seen more weather than mine ever will (unless my kid starts throwing water at it, which honestly isn't impossible). Probably should have just bought a rigging camera for my house, huh?

perry.jesse6d ago

@anna717 you made me snort coffee, my silicone patch job outlasts most nursery tech I bet.

kai8396d ago

I read somewhere that some of those cheap wireless cameras are actually built for marine use and just rebranded for rigging. Might explain why yours held up better than my buddy's fancy indoor one that died from dust alone. Have you tried wrapping the connections in self-fusing tape instead of silicone?