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If you have dark brown or blue eggs, or even if you have a weaker flashlight or candler sometimes you cannot see inside eggs effectively.
I was thinking while trying to candle my french copper marans eggs that maybe infrared light would penetrate the shell better to display the contents.
Now this is just an adventure I am not trying to say that regular candling is ineffective I do it frequently.
In my opinion what works best for you is the right way
But I have the type of brain where i have to satisfy my curiosities and so I have purchased some pieces to test using infrared 850nm leds to candle an egg.
The parts i chose for my test are:
1. ) A cctv camera with no IR (infrared) filter.
I purchased it at Amazon because i am an addicted prime member. At the time of purchase it was $13.97 (i am prepared for it to be total junk)
It looks like this:
and a link to where i purchased it is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IEXTOMA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Design pros: Cheap, Small, Focusable, RCA matches screen, Power supply matches screen, Power supply voltage matches leds.
Design cons: Cheap, low resolution, lots of noise in the image,
2. 10 infrared leds. I prefer the prewired kind so i purchased off ebay. The price for 10 was $5.69 + $1.95 shipping
The come in a bundle like this:
a link to where i purchased it is http://www.ebay.com/itm/390758481085?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Design pros. Have prewired resistors and wire leads. Cheap use as many as ya want. 12v same as screen and camera.
Design cons. I have no idea how warm these get or bright they are (theres no MCD rating for infrared that I saw)
3.) 12v led dimmers.
I wanted some dimmers and purchased some that look like:
Those were $6.83 for five shipped free from http://www.ebay.com/itm/15155790770...49&var=450771780718&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I already own a screen to view the camera feed its a cheapo with rca input that looks like this:
But if you were to want a cheapo too then here is an idea for #4 object needed.
i bought it for $15.73 and its still the same price at http://www.amazon.com/3-5-Inch-TFT-...d=1437536746&sr=8-7&keywords=video+screen+12v
I had some assorted parts for building cctv camera systems like 12v cctv camera male and female power connection leads and random rca cables from my box of old wires.
The only other items that I need to test this idea are a floppy disk to create a filter to block the visible light spectrum from entering the camera, some kind of egg holder that can seal the infrared light emitters below the egg, and some kind of enclosure that will block other sources of light from illuminating the shell of the egg.
These items listed above are currently in shipping and I decided to create this thread to see if anyone has ideas.
Obviously infrared does create heat however i feel like it will take very little to light an egg up like a lightbulb with infrared and perhaps it will not be warmer than a normal flashlight or candler gets.
Maybe all of the contents of the egg absorb infrared light equally and I will see nothing.
The camera has the ability to be focused for short distances but perhaps not short enough.
I will edit this various times to clear up what i am trying to say sorry lol.
What do you think the results will be?
I was thinking while trying to candle my french copper marans eggs that maybe infrared light would penetrate the shell better to display the contents.
Now this is just an adventure I am not trying to say that regular candling is ineffective I do it frequently.
In my opinion what works best for you is the right way
But I have the type of brain where i have to satisfy my curiosities and so I have purchased some pieces to test using infrared 850nm leds to candle an egg.
The parts i chose for my test are:
1. ) A cctv camera with no IR (infrared) filter.
I purchased it at Amazon because i am an addicted prime member. At the time of purchase it was $13.97 (i am prepared for it to be total junk)
It looks like this:
and a link to where i purchased it is http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IEXTOMA?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Design pros: Cheap, Small, Focusable, RCA matches screen, Power supply matches screen, Power supply voltage matches leds.
Design cons: Cheap, low resolution, lots of noise in the image,
2. 10 infrared leds. I prefer the prewired kind so i purchased off ebay. The price for 10 was $5.69 + $1.95 shipping
The come in a bundle like this:
a link to where i purchased it is http://www.ebay.com/itm/390758481085?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Design pros. Have prewired resistors and wire leads. Cheap use as many as ya want. 12v same as screen and camera.
Design cons. I have no idea how warm these get or bright they are (theres no MCD rating for infrared that I saw)
3.) 12v led dimmers.
I wanted some dimmers and purchased some that look like:
Those were $6.83 for five shipped free from http://www.ebay.com/itm/15155790770...49&var=450771780718&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I already own a screen to view the camera feed its a cheapo with rca input that looks like this:
But if you were to want a cheapo too then here is an idea for #4 object needed.
i bought it for $15.73 and its still the same price at http://www.amazon.com/3-5-Inch-TFT-...d=1437536746&sr=8-7&keywords=video+screen+12v
I had some assorted parts for building cctv camera systems like 12v cctv camera male and female power connection leads and random rca cables from my box of old wires.
The only other items that I need to test this idea are a floppy disk to create a filter to block the visible light spectrum from entering the camera, some kind of egg holder that can seal the infrared light emitters below the egg, and some kind of enclosure that will block other sources of light from illuminating the shell of the egg.
These items listed above are currently in shipping and I decided to create this thread to see if anyone has ideas.
Obviously infrared does create heat however i feel like it will take very little to light an egg up like a lightbulb with infrared and perhaps it will not be warmer than a normal flashlight or candler gets.
Maybe all of the contents of the egg absorb infrared light equally and I will see nothing.
The camera has the ability to be focused for short distances but perhaps not short enough.
I will edit this various times to clear up what i am trying to say sorry lol.
What do you think the results will be?
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