On Sep 30, 9:35 pm, JakeD wrote:
Harry Bloomfield wrote o.uk:

JakeD formulated the question :
I'm installing a number of security cameras on the external walls of
my house. I am interested in also installing some sort of rain
protection for same. The first thing that sprang to mind was to use
inverted quarter- sphere uplighter housings. However, buying the
housing alone without the light-holder and other gubbins is not easy,
and paying out for the full enchilada can be pricey - when you want
six! Can anyone suggest anything else?

JakeD

Cheap as chips halogen outdoor flood light units - just take the lamp
out and point the camera through the glass fronted housing.

Thanks to all for the suggestions. My cameras are already supposedly
weather-proof, but I am thinking that rain drops collecting on the front
lense could be an issue. I am hoping not to put any extra glass in-between
the camera and the target area, because my cameras have IR LEDS, which I
think would be reflected back at the camera by glss. The 110mm plastic pipe
idea seems worth exploring.

I have lots of offcuts of plastic pipe. The pipe can be cut to size
and put into boiling water and bent flat. Then a round piece cut to
fit inside the back of a short bit of pipe, and glued with the same
glue that is used for gluing pipes. You can make waterproof boxes of
any shape this way.
Agree that you don't want extra glass in front of the camera.
You don't need any extra protection if you can put the cameras under
the eaves.