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Posted by Heathcliff on July 7, 2009, 6:26 pm
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> >Can anyone recommend a product or a rigged-up
> >solution? =A0I don't want to pay $$$ to a plumber or even an equipment
> >rental place. Yes, I am a cheap bastard. =A0-- H
> You really need to run the numbers as you are going to pay a whole lot mo=
re for
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> buying the equipment than it would cost you to have someone do it for you=
. That
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> said, this is probably what you are looking for:
> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=3D211043692&listingid=3D4184102=
...
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> 50' of extentions won't be cheap though.
Right, sort of. That is a complete unit with its own screen for
viewing what's down the pipe. But, I am thinking there should be
something simpler out there that you can plug into your existing
computer. The computer supplies the processing and image display, all
you need is a camera and a light to illuminate what you're looking at.
USB cameras and flashlight-strength LEDs are cheap - so one might
expect this could be done fairly cheaply. And for this application
you also would want something - slides or rollers or something - to
keep the lens up out of the muck. But I suppose there is some flaw in
my thinking since my hypothetical gizmo is not already out there.
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Posted by Oren on July 7, 2009, 6:44 pm
On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 15:26:00 -0700 (PDT), Heathcliff
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>> >Can anyone recommend a product or a rigged-up
>> >solution? I don't want to pay $$$ to a plumber or even an equipment
>> >rental place. Yes, I am a cheap bastard. -- H
>> You really need to run the numbers as you are going to pay a whole lot more
for
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>> buying the equipment than it would cost you to have someone do it for you.
That
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>> said, this is probably what you are looking for:
>> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=211043692&listingid=4184102...
>> 50' of extentions won't be cheap though.
>Right, sort of. That is a complete unit with its own screen for
>viewing what's down the pipe. But, I am thinking there should be
>something simpler out there that you can plug into your existing
>computer. The computer supplies the processing and image display, all
>you need is a camera and a light to illuminate what you're looking at.
>USB cameras and flashlight-strength LEDs are cheap - so one might
>expect this could be done fairly cheaply. And for this application
>you also would want something - slides or rollers or something - to
>keep the lens up out of the muck. But I suppose there is some flaw in
>my thinking since my hypothetical gizmo is not already out there.
I think the one flaw is how far you can travel with a USB camera. Not
real far!
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Posted by Larry The Snake Guy on July 7, 2009, 7:52 pm
Look around at cheap security cameras. For less than $50 you can get
one that includes infrared LED's (you get a B&W picture in dark
areas). Mine came with a 100' "phone" cable that supplies power to the
camera and feeds composite video back (most work this way). You can
hook it directly to just about any TV made in the last 20 years or so.
If you want in on your computer, you'll need a video capture card. It
shouldn't be too hard to waterproof it. You don't need it to handle
much pressure.
Not perfect, but it will be WAY cheaper than USB.
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Posted by blueman on July 8, 2009, 11:17 pm
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>> >Can anyone recommend a product or a rigged-up
>> >solution? I don't want to pay $$$ to a plumber or even an equipment
>> >rental place. Yes, I am a cheap bastard. -- H
>> You really need to run the numbers as you are going to pay a whole lot more
for
show/hide quoted text
>> buying the equipment than it would cost you to have someone do it for you.
That
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>> said, this is probably what you are looking for:
>> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=211043692&listingid=4184102...
>> 50' of extentions won't be cheap though.
> Right, sort of. That is a complete unit with its own screen for
> viewing what's down the pipe. But, I am thinking there should be
> something simpler out there that you can plug into your existing
> computer. The computer supplies the processing and image display, all
> you need is a camera and a light to illuminate what you're looking at.
> USB cameras and flashlight-strength LEDs are cheap - so one might
> expect this could be done fairly cheaply. And for this application
> you also would want something - slides or rollers or something - to
> keep the lens up out of the muck. But I suppose there is some flaw in
> my thinking since my hypothetical gizmo is not already out there.
Don't forget that USB cables have a limited length...
So you might need to move to an Ethernet camera -- which adds more
cost & complexity...
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Posted by willshak on July 8, 2009, 11:51 am
on 7/7/2009 5:13 PM (ET) Robert Neville wrote the following:
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>> Can anyone recommend a product or a rigged-up
>> solution? I don't want to pay $$$ to a plumber or even an equipment
>> rental place. Yes, I am a cheap bastard. -- H
>>
> You really need to run the numbers as you are going to pay a whole lot more for
> buying the equipment than it would cost you to have someone do it for you. That
> said, this is probably what you are looking for:
>
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=211043692&listingid=41841021&dcaid=17902
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> 50' of extentions won't be cheap though.
>
I like this one better. Besides using it for sewer pipe inspections, you
could probably give yourself a colon inspection. :-)
http://cgi.ebay.com/75-ft-REAL-COLOR-VIDEO-SEWER-PIPE-INSPECTION-CAMERA_W0QQitemZ300328648307QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item45ecfb7e73&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12|66%3A2|39%3A1|72%3A1205|293%3A1|294%3A50
or: http://tinyurl.com/n6noqr
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
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> >solution? =A0I don't want to pay $$$ to a plumber or even an equipment
> >rental place. Yes, I am a cheap bastard. =A0-- H
> You really need to run the numbers as you are going to pay a whole lot mo=