Surveillance cameras can be powered by electricity through an AC outlet, or by batteries that are placed inside the camera. To repair a power supply on a surveillance camera that is not working, the battery contacts may be corroded; if the camera operates via electricity, the power plug on the surveillance camera will need to be evaluated. A few supplies from around the home will be needed, supplemented by parts from an electronics shop. Common household tools will also be needed.
Instructions
Battery Powered Surveillance Camera
1. Open the battery compartment lid on the back or bottom of the wireless, battery-powered surveillance camera -- if there is a screw attached to the lid, remove the screw first with a Phillips jeweler's screwdriver.
2. Remove the battery from inside the battery compartment. Dispose of the battery properly. Do not just toss them in the trash -- chemicals can leak out and cause damage to the environment.
3. Pull the battery clip with the corroded contacts ed out from the compartment. Snip off the two wires attached to the battery clip with wire cutters. Dispose of the battery clip in the trash.
4. Moisten a paper towel in distilled alcohol. Wipe out the inside of the battery compartment with the paper towel. Dip a cotton swab in distilled alcohol. Rub the inside edges of the compartment with the swab. Dispose of the swab and paper towel in the trash.
5. Scrape the already-stripped ends of the two wires attached to the replacement battery clip -- use the blade of a utility knife to do this. From inside the battery compartment, strip one-quarter of an inch from each of the two wires with wire strippers.
6. Wrap the exposed end of the replacement battery clip's black wire around the exposed end of the black wire inside the battery compartment. Wrap a strip of electrical tape around the two wires. Wrap the exposed end of the replacement battery clip's red wire around the exposed end of the red wire inside the battery compartment. Wrap a strip of electrical tape around the two wires.
7. Place the replacement battery clip into the compartment and close the lid. Be sure to reattach the screw if there is one.
AC Powered Surveillance Camera
8. Unplug the surveillance camera's power cord from the wall outlet if it is still plugged in. Hold the plug with the two prongs facing you. Remove the screw on the front of the plug with a Phillips screwdriver.
9. Pull the back section of the plug off the front. Loosen the two screws now visible with the Phillips screwdriver. Unwind the wires from around each screw. Run the wires through the hole in the back section of the plug. Dispose of all of the pieces of the plug in the trash.
10. Remove the screw on the front of the replacement plug with the Phillips screwdriver. Pull the back section of the plug off.
11. Run the two wires attached to the cord through the hole in the center of the back section.
12. Loosen the two screws on the back of the front section of the plug with the Phillips screwdriver. Wind a wire each around the two screws. Tighten the screws.
13. Place the back section of the plug back on the front section. Screw the screw back in the front section with the Phillips screwdriver.
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