{"id":200,"date":"2022-04-01T21:53:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T21:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2024-12-23T21:34:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T21:34:47","slug":"fixing-brinno-gwc-tlc100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/en\/fixing-brinno-gwc-tlc100\/","title":{"rendered":"Timelapse Camera Brinno GWC (TLC100)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago I found this Brinno GWC (or TLC100) timelapse camera at a flea market. it&#8217;s quiet a cool gadget to document construction projects and very easy to setup. It&#8217;s battery powered and weatherproof. It will shoot pictures at a time interval you can define and merge them into a .avi movie file. Here is an example:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1280px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-200-1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1040\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RD_00003.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RD_00003.mp4\">https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/RD_00003.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My camera has been laying around in my covid caused absence in one of the containers in Sapucai and I was eager to find it and put it to use for the upcoming constructions on the containers. I found it but it wouldn&#8217;t work anymore \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-oxidation-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-oxidation-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-oxidation-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-oxidation-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-oxidation-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-oxidation.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the battery connections seem to be rusted but it was difficult to reach to scrap off the rust so I decided to take it apart and here are the instructions in case you have the same camera and need to take it apart:<\/p>\n<p>There are 6 screws on the back side as shown below, one of the screws is behind the sticker.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-screw-locations-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-screw-locations-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-screw-locations-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-screw-locations-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-screw-locations.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An other two screws are at the bottom of the camera. You need to remove them and then remove the bottom cover.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-cover-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-cover-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-cover-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-cover-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-cover-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-cover.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my case the cover wasn&#8217;t very loose and i had to push it out with a screwdriver from an opening in the battery bay<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-push-holes-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-push-holes-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-push-holes-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-push-holes-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-push-holes-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-push-holes.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the cover is off you&#8217;ll find another two screws to remove<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-screws-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-screws-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-screws-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-screws-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-screws-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-bottom-screws.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Onco those are of you can separate the green and black part of the housing and will see the electronics board, which is held in place by one central screw<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-open-case-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-open-case-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-open-case-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-open-case-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-open-case-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-open-case.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you remove the board and flip it the battery connection points are exposed. When putting it back together be careful to place the 8 pole plug correctly (marked red in the picture below). Also correctly place the rubber LED cover and the rubber seal at the edges of the black housing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-board-removal-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-board-removal-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-board-removal-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-board-removal-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-board-removal-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paraterra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/TLC100-board-removal.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Put the screws back in place in the reverse order and you are done.<\/p>\n<p>In my case the removal of the rust helped and the camera is working again. I&#8217;m looking foward to document my future progress with some timelapse videos :-)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long time ago I found this Brinno GWC (or TLC100) timelapse camera at a flea market. it&#8217;s quiet a cool gadget to document construction projects and very easy to setup. It&#8217;s battery powered and weatherproof. It will shoot pictures at a time interval you can define and merge them into a .avi movie file. 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