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happy	Posted: Mar 16, 2021 - 05:59 pm #permalink #1
Fry Group: Members Posts: 41 Member No.: 3188 Joined: January 24, 2013	Got tired of replacing AA batteries in my Trail Cam. I soldered in a bell multi strand wire and attached it to a 12v rechargeable battery. Removed the AAs. 8 AA = 12v. A solar panel could be wired in to the battery to keep it charged but the capacity of a 12v should last a long time. Too much time on my hands I guess.

Fisherman	Posted: Mar 17, 2021 - 09:21 am #permalink #2
World Record Trout Group: Members Posts: 3740 Member No.: 25 Joined: February 10, 2011	That's what I use, probably go 6 months without running out of power. If you had a small solar panel, maybe 5 watt or so, well you will run out of SD card space before power.

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Posted: Mar 25, 2021 - 01:31 pm

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QUOTE (happy @ Mar 16, 2021 - 05:59 pm)

Got tired of replacing AA batteries in my Trail Cam. I soldered in a bell multi strand wire and attached it to a 12v rechargeable battery. Removed the AAs. 8 AA = 12v. A solar panel could be wired in to the battery to keep it charged but the capacity of a 12v should last a long time. Too much time on my hands I guess.

Never too much time to tinker.. Well done, nice job

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