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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller
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      Want!

      Perfect for my apartment security plan

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      • mlnewsM
        mlnews
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        I am definitely thinking that I can find a use for some of these. Way too cool not to have one or two.

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        • MattSpellerM
          MattSpeller
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          5.5v 3.5w - not going to be battery powered very easily. That's a bummer with the magnetic base, you could get very creative with placement if it drew less juice.

          http://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFI_Video_DS.pdf

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          • coliverC
            coliver
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            Oooh. This is nice. Wonder what the video quality is on them.

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            • gjacobseG
              gjacobse @MattSpeller
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              @MattSpeller said:

              5.5v 3.5w - not going to be battery powered very easily. That's a bummer with the magnetic base, you could get very creative with placement if it drew less juice.

              http://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFI_Video_DS.pdf

              Sadly the data sheet doesn't seem to tell you what kind of cable it needed. If it's a special cable,.. eh.. maybe. if it is a USB type cable.. then you can work with that...

              Of course - I'm kinda crazy enough to try to engineer and hack my own cables... 😄

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              • MattSpellerM
                MattSpeller @gjacobse
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                @g.jacobse Oh, it's some barrel connector, I assure you. It's not hard to make a pack for it, just need a HUGE pack to make it even 24h. You'd be burning ~2 NIMH AA's per hour

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                • ?
                  A Former User @MattSpeller
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                  @MattSpeller said:

                  5.5v 3.5w - not going to be battery powered very easily. That's a bummer with the magnetic base, you could get very creative with placement if it drew less juice.

                  http://dl.ubnt.com/datasheets/unifi/UniFI_Video_DS.pdf

                  Sounds like it it might be usb power. So you could use a USB battery pack. Not exactly small though, and most cost more than this camera.

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                  • MattSpellerM
                    MattSpeller @A Former User
                    last edited by MattSpeller

                    @thecreativeone91 Nah, it'll be an off the shelf barrel connector - cheap as chips, super common.

                    You could make a USB pack work with it easily enough*, just need a big ass one for any worth while time frame. Granted it says "3.2w max" so maybe if you're lucky it's around 2w steady state.

                    *providing it'll accept slightly less than 5.5v (and it likely will)

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse @MattSpeller
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                      @MattSpeller
                      Nah - just use old laptop batteries... I have gone through about a dozen so far and have about 30 cells from them.... They are 18650 cells, and you can get a charger from Amazon for them.... I have a headlamp and flashlight that will use them...

                      Also have a Cell phone booster that iwll use them... nice and useful, and recycling... 😄

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                      • ?
                        A Former User @MattSpeller
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                        @MattSpeller said:

                        @g.jacobse Oh, it's some barrel connector, I assure you. It's not hard to make a pack for it, just need a HUGE pack to make it even 24h. You'd be burning ~2 NIMH AA's per hour

                        You could do lipo's if you care to solder around those bad boys. I've done it a few times before. But, It's not something I like doing. Testing my luck too much.

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                        • ?
                          A Former User @MattSpeller
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                          @MattSpeller said:

                          *providing it'll accept slightly less than 5.5v (and it likely will)

                          Heck I doubt their own adapter even puts out 5.5v exactly. It would be pretty poor engineering without a 5% tolerance.

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                          • MattSpellerM
                            MattSpeller @A Former User
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                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                            You could do lipo's if you care to solder around those bad boys. I've done it a few times before. But, It's not something I like doing. Testing my luck too much.

                            Oh man, don't solder them!! I do the same thing, scavenging 18650's. You can get cheap 4 cell holders on ebay for ~$1.50/ea

                            Edit: Edit2: http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Black-Case-Holder-Plastic-Storage-Box-For-18650-Battery-With-6-Wire-Leads-New-/191346241735?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&var=&hash=item2c8d1ff0c7

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                            • MattSpellerM
                              MattSpeller
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                              Because I'm trying desperately to ignore what I should be doing....

                              4x 18650's gets you 3.7v*4=14.8v in series, better still a series / parallel pack for 7.4v

                              Assuming your 18650's are as crap as mine, you're looking at 1000mah/cell = 7.4v@2000mah

                              Using a 7805 to drop the voltage and assuming zero losses for your circuitry (because your batteries are probably better than 1ah) we get the camera consuming [email protected]=0.58a

                              0.58a/2ah = 3.5h run time

                              hopefully I did the math right.

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                              • ?
                                A Former User @MattSpeller
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                                @MattSpeller said:

                                0.58a/2ah = 3.5h run time

                                And whatever you were trying to record will happen at 3hrs and 37 min. Right after it cuts out at 3hr 36min.

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                                • MattSpellerM
                                  MattSpeller @A Former User
                                  last edited by MattSpeller

                                  @thecreativeone91 said:

                                  And whatever you were trying to record will happen at 3hrs and 37 min. Right after it cuts out at 3hr 36min.

                                  lol you've done this before I see 🙂

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                                  • gjacobseG
                                    gjacobse @MattSpeller
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                                    @MattSpeller said:

                                    @thecreativeone91 said:

                                    And whatever you were trying to record will happen at 3hrs and 37 min. Right after it cuts out at 3hr 36min.

                                    lol you've done this before I see 🙂

                                    Uhm,.. I don't think I would admit... Although I have had a few conversion project I do work,...until all the smoke is gone. Because it's the smoke that makes it run in the first place. let it out,.. and it'll stop working

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                                    • MattSpellerM
                                      MattSpeller @gjacobse
                                      last edited by

                                      @g.jacobse https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10622

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse @MattSpeller
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                                        @MattSpeller said:

                                        @g.jacobse https://www.sparkfun.com/products/retired/10622

                                        oh,god.jeeze..dizzy now..
                                        (slumps on floor)

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