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[cjs41]

I have been working with my front door wireless camera for two days now  and I cannot figure out what the problem is.
I can get a perfect picture when I take down my camera and open the round part  behind the lens.  It seems like moving those tiny wires inside cause a picture to come on.  Then I close up the cover and replace it where it has been for years.  Then when I try to turn it off and back on, I get nothing again.  I at first thought my wireless motion detector was bad, then the transformer plugged into the wall that is triggered by the motion sensor.  But it works fine with all that until I replace the unit at the front door and try to make it come back on again.  Then I reopen the  round casing again and move something until it shows a picture again.  The wires seem to be alright and soldered down. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on inside the camera.  Thanks,  Cheryl

[Puck]

I have had a similar problem with one of my cameras before as well. The wire looks good (soldered) but there was a pinch in the wire (cause by the screw hole flange) and that severed the conductor enough to be intermittent.

I had to cut the bad part out and solder a new piece of wire (extender) onto it.

[hawk1]

Puck probably answered your question while I was typing, but if not here some other things to look for.

It sounds like a broken wire inside the camera itself.  Even though the insulation looks good around the wire it still could have a break in the wire.

I would take the camera down, take the back cover off again and move 1 wire at a time until the camera comes on. Be sure to only move one wire at a time.  That should be the wire that has the break in it.  This could be the small red wire for the power or could be the small yellow wire which I believe is the video.  Do you have sound coming through with no video or no sound and no video?

Also while the camera is attached to the wall try moving the main power wire around, if the camera comes on then you probably have a break in the main wire and not the camera itself.

This could be frustrating to figure out if you don't know anything about splicing or replacing electronics.  This is just one item that could be wrong.  There also could be something wrong with the electronics board inside the camera, maybe something loose.  In any case, if your not comfortable splicing then you should just replace the camera.

Do you happen to have another camera you could switch with the same power supply?  At least then you could narrow it down to the camera itself or the wire that goes to the power supply.   Hope this helps.

[cjs41]

Thanks for both your replies.   I have put the camera on another transformer so that it will stay on.  So it does not seem to be the power source wire,  I know that I can't do anything about the circuit board but I have tried to find any wire that looks bad.  It does not seem to be any one wire that I move.  But when it is mounted on the wall I can turn the lens housing sometimes and it will turn on.
I will go back over each wire and try one  by one.  Thanks again.