On the photo galleries page of our main website I am holding a meat thermometer showing 158 degrees inside a school bus in South Carolina in the summer during a 50 bus installation. The meat thermometer shows “Pork” is done!
Those who perform school bus video security surveillance camera installations in the summer need to consider potassium supplements and massive amounts of fluids to hydrate as the temperature inside a school bus with windows up often on asphalt in summer can be near 160 degrees Fahrenheit.
The inverse is true in winter on the home page of the American Bus Video Inc. website.
The home page banner is a photo from an installation at the Salt Lake City school bus yard when we installed systems during winter break. The temperatures were in the 20-degree range, and we were working in the bus yards as the shop was not open. This was the worst environment we have ever worked as the cold temperatures drained the batteries of our cordless tools quickly, made electrical tepe almost useless, and cold hands made intricate work very difficult.
Can school bus camera systems be used as after-hours security devices?
Yes. When one of the largest school districts in GA suffered a rash of in bus vandalism and drug and sex parties over the weekend in their buses, we were asked to find a solution for that as the Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems in use in those buses were installed and sold by our company.
We adopted an innovative heat and motion-activated system that triggered the system to start recording when activated on nights and weekends.
This would also be a good idea in the below applications:
Where are School Bus Camera systems manufactured?
With few exceptions, most are manufactured in Shenzhen City China.
Over the years, American Bus Video Inc. has offered American-made systems from an American-based manufacturer. Still, the systems they provided did not offer the higher resolution and workable platforms of imported DVR. Their price was about 4 times higher than the China-made systems, so school districts geared towards low-bid purchasing were not interested due to the much higher cost of the systems.
While we have sold systems made in Japan, South Korea, and Israel, most of every system I know of is China-made due to the prohibitive cost of employee labor and health benefits in the USA.
Do I need up to 8 cameras per bus to see the passengers?
While some camera salesmen may tell you that you will need up to 8 cameras per bus to see the students, it is helpful to keep in mind they are likely to commission salespeople. That does not make them evil, but it does provide them the incentive to sell you as much as they can as they derive their paycheck from the amounts you purchase, so the more they sell you, the more they earn on the sales commission.
Can school bus camera systems be moved from bus to bus?
Yes, the life of the systems is often longer than the application they were originally installed in. This means many Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems are installed in school buses that are being phased out due to age or condition, so when the new replacement buses are available, the Private Service Contractor Charter Transport Compliance Bus Camera Systems can easily be moved from bus to bus.
ABV recommends moving the Bus Video Camera System DVR and camera heads only, as the camera extension cables are susceptible to environmental and conditional issues and are often run behind bulkheads and bent and pinched in areas that may fatigue the cables and the strand wires within the cable housing. It is better to leave the camera extension cables in the older bus and buy new camera extension cables when relocating a Students With Disabilities & Special Needs Transportation Video Camera system from an older bus to a newer bus for this reason.
Why do the school bus cameras glow pink/red in low light?
Both Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions, as well as their much more Affordable Low Cost HD School Bus Child Safety Camera systems, incorporate the passive night vision technology of Infra-Red cameras, meaning they incorporate color daylight cameras that have internal switching circuitry that switches to infrared camera technology when the light lux sensor reaches its preset low light threshold. it then activates the camera’s night vision mode, and the camera starts recording in black and white only. This is why the IR LEDs are activated on the cameras because in the IR mode, the light in the bus is not sufficient to light the inside of the bus fully.
Should you have any questions or concerns or require more information about Testudo Lifetime System Warranty School Bus Camera Systems, various applications or School Bus Student Transportation Video Camera Recorder configurations, please let us know. We will be happy to offer our 35+ years of market experience in sales and service of digital recording devices to respond to your concerns or questions.
