Jesse the Biologist
Newbie
Hey folks, I've been working on a underwater camera trap (think game camera for octopus). It's mounted in an underwater housing and uses far red light to detect and photograph octopus when they come and go from their dens. I've noticed it drains the battery significantly to run the far red LED's all the time in order for the camera to detect when octopus come and go, in order to remedy this I decided it would be prudent to build an independent lighting system that can be deployed along with the camera. All I need is for the battery or battery pack to last ~24 hours and run one 6 volt 200 mA LED on a starboard. I'll attach a switch into the circuit that can be operated outside the housing to allow the light to be turned on inside its waterproof housing once deployed. If anyone has any ideas they would be much appreciated. Simple is best. Thanks for the help.