Camera Housing For Security Cameras

Camera housing may be required for security cameras which are very often placed in harsh and demanding environments. This is especially true of outdoor security cameras where they are exposed to weather extremes, temperature fluctuation, vibrations and vandalism. There are several ways to handle these challenges and the most common are to encase the camera in a protective housing, using some intelligent detection system that alert users when there is a change in operating conditions, or a combination of the two.

The camera housing is required when the environmental conditions exceed the camera’s capacity to operate normally. Camera housings range in quality, shape and size, and features. Wireless cameras will need an external antenna if the housing is metal but should work fine inside a plastic housing. For that reason, metal camera housings tend to have built in antennas for wireless security cameras.