Axis 0217-101 User Manual

 

 Videotec Verso Outdoor Housing   Axis Communications             

Application Note        

2 Installation 

 

 

The Verso housing has an IP rating of IP66 or IP54 depending on which 
accessories and brackets are used.  
 
In general, an IP54 housing offers protection from all normal weather condition 
(rain, snow, wind etc.) and is sufficient for most installations. 
 
If the housing is to be installed in an offshore location (e.g. ships, oil rigs) or in 
very dusty environments (e.g. manufacturing plants, factory floors), it is 
recommended that the housing and accessories are configured in such a way that 
the Verso housing retains its IP66 rating. 
 
Section 3.1 contains a list of the effects various accessories have on the IP rating 
of the Verso housing. 

 

 

As a general rule, the listed maximum ambient temperature for most housings on 
the market assumes that a standard CCTV camera rather than a network camera is 
used together with the housing. 
 
What is important to take into consideration when buying and installing a housing 
with a network camera is that a network camera will produce more heat (mainly 
due to the increased power needed to process the images into a compressed 
format) than a standard CCTV camera. This extra heat will affect the maximum 
ambient temperature that the housing can be installed in. For instance, the Verso 
outdoor housing has a listed maximum ambient temperature of 50 °C – again 
assuming it is used with a standard CCTV camera. When used with the AXIS 211 
Network Camera, the maximum ambient temperature decreases to 40 °C due to 
the extra heat produced by the network camera. 
 

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