Patent ID: 8482608

Claim:
A surveillance camera and housing for mounting from a power transformer that is mounted from a telephone pole, the power transformer having a lower surface that is generally planar and made from a ferrous material, the surveillance camera and housing comprising: a support panel that includes at least three magnets, each of the magnets being independently connected to the support panel through a threaded support that allows individual adjustment of the distance between the magnet and the support panel; a housing body that is attached to the support panel, the housing including sides, a floor, and at least one of the sides including at least one window, the surveillance camera housing containing a power supply, a wireless modem, and a camera that is connected to the wireless modem; a power chord, the power chord providing power to the power supply and being adapted for attaching to at least one power outlet lug on the transformer, so that the surveillance camera housing may be supported from ferrous portion of the transformer while the power supply is connected to the power outlet lug.