Re: Marine (deep cycle) battery to power a 5v (1300ma) webca
I wanted to put this in the furthest corner in the back yard. Yes, I could use power of ethernet and bury a cable......Or run a power outlet, which would be very costly.
Basically, it's a need (not really), vs want (would be cool to have) so the cost factor of hiring an electrician to run AC around the yard doesn't float. I don't like
the idea of running an ethernet cable all the way out there as well. I'm not sure
of the maximum distance when you include the power over ethernet into the cabling, but this would probably be borderline in distance.
And of course, I'd also have the problem of the camera would be running at night also (unless I put in some kind of dusk/dawn shutoff) and there would be no solar charging during that time.
I would be interested to see how long it takes for the camera to drain the battery down with, and without the solar panel, to see how much of difference it makes.
Seems a shame to have this little gadge, and not be able to do anything useful with it!