Spiders love POE security cameras more than I do. I think the infrared lights attract insects, which makes the spiders want to build their webs in front of the camera lens. This isn’t a problem during the day time, but it ruins the image at night because the spider webs reflect the infrared illuminator light. The spider webs also move around in the wind and trigger false positive motion alerts.
The solution is simple – turn off the camera’s onboard infrared (IR) LED lights, and add an external IR light. If you are using power over ethernet (POE) cameras (I’m using Reolink POE cameras) you don’t have to run any additional wires. All you need is:
The POE splitter pulls power off of the ethernet cable, and the splitter runs power back to the camera and to the new IR illuminator. In the camera settings, turn off the infrared illuminator light on the camera, and mount the external IR illuminator nearby.
