Camera Water Proofing

Water Proofing a Camera for Depth:

This I.C. Live Camera is going to become an under water camera, courtesy of some casting resin, hot glue and a plastic box. A link to explain the basics can be found here.

Now to crack the case and extract the juicy interior!

Now, much like the hermit crab, this camera can move on to better housing. But first we need to give it some juice. In order to test the video feed and focus the camera, I attached this Motorola 5 volt power supply and hooked up the video output to an old analog TV. 

Once the Camera was appropriately focused, I sealed the focusing ring with hot glue. Additionally I sealed all components with silicone insulation. Here is what it looks like after the sealant is applied.

Once that stuff dried, I attached the top from a clear plastic box to the camera's plastic case.

The rest of the box has two bolts drilled through the sides and then sealed. Additionally, and not captured in photograph, a length of PVC was added to the housing so that this camera could interface with standard PVC fittings.

Once the top and bottom of the plastic box were mated, I drilled a small hole to pull the wires through and filled the entire box with resin. It is currently curing outside so that my house doesn't fill with resin fumes.

Once the resin cures, I will take video showing the performance of the camera and test it in water to make sure that it still functions in the manner that we need.