[TheForge] OT - Video Camera ?

[Larry Brown]

Set up a surveillance camera hooked to a vcr on slow record. Make some kind 
of switch that shuts the tape off after it fails, maybe with a timer. That 
way you only have to watch the end of the tape
Larry


At 04:35 PM 10/8/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm tapping this list for its diverse expertise.
>
>I mean to set up a piece of motorized equipment, and
>run it until a particular linkage fails.  I need a
>record of when and how the linkage fails.  Problem is,
>in one test the linkage broke within fifteen minutes,
>and in the next test it was still going strong an hour
>later.  I sure don't want to sit there and watch it!
>
>I might be able to use a trick to signal me when it
>fails (by breaking a microwire and throwing a switch)
>but I'd rather record it on video.
>
>What I'm wondering is whether there's some cheaply
>available videocamera.  B&W would do.  Need not be
>high resolution.  Used equipment would be fine.  I
>could possibly record on a VCR videocasette, using the
>slow speed.
>
>Cheap is in order, but I do have some money to spend
>on this.
>
>Any ideas or suggestions?
>
>Bruce
>NJ