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Spypoint drains 12v battery with solar
Posted on 3/25/21 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 3/25/21 at 2:33 pm
I have a spypoint micro...I know these cams aren't great. Trying to just use it till it dies. It eats up a 12v 9aH sealed lead acid battery in about a week, on a solar panel. I've moved it to direct sunlight, I thought it was a bad solar panel. Got a different one. Same result. I installed a solar charge regulator thinking the panel was eating the battery at night. Didn't help.
What good panel and battery system have y'all had good results with? My camera works off of verizon network with about a 50% signal. I know that hurts the battery. I try to keep transmission of images down to twice a day at most with single burst of photo taking every 5 minutes or so if triggered.
Getting tired of having dead batteries
What good panel and battery system have y'all had good results with? My camera works off of verizon network with about a 50% signal. I know that hurts the battery. I try to keep transmission of images down to twice a day at most with single burst of photo taking every 5 minutes or so if triggered.
Getting tired of having dead batteries
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Posted on 3/25/21 at 2:54 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
You can try some sort of antenna for better coverage.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 3:18 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
I have the same set up. They did the same things. These cameras are junk. I’m not even going to use them as cell cameras next year.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 3:29 pm to ct4lsu
I have 2 link micro that I run on everready alkalin batteries. I get 4-6 weeks transmitting twice a day. You should not have battery problems with your setup. I'd contact spypoint and discuss it with them.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 3:31 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
I have 5 of these for 2 years and they work as intended. I used Energizer lithium AAs and I have 3 cameras in the field still sending pics since September. One died and I havent gotten around to changing the batteries.
So the solar panel can't keep the battery charger at the rate the camera is draining it? I know you tried a different panel. What about another battery?
So the solar panel can't keep the battery charger at the rate the camera is draining it? I know you tried a different panel. What about another battery?
Posted on 3/25/21 at 3:44 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
I have two with the solar panel set up like you're talking about. One is at 100% the other is at 74%. Been on a tree since Christmas. That being said, I'm upgrading my cameras.
This post was edited on 3/25/21 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 3/25/21 at 3:47 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
I think you got a lemon. Even with low signal I can get 2+ months out of a set of lithiums as long as I keep them only sending pics twice a day. Transmitting the images is what burns the battery, sounds like your cam is constantly hunting for signal when it shouldn’t be.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 3:57 pm to Success
Good to know some other people's experiences with this cam
I've tried multiple SLA 9 amp hour batteries, brand new, panel in full open sun
I'm about to rig a Group 27 deep cycle marine battery to this sumbiotch
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So the solar panel can't keep the battery charger at the rate the camera is draining it? I know you tried a different panel. What about another battery?
I've tried multiple SLA 9 amp hour batteries, brand new, panel in full open sun
I'm about to rig a Group 27 deep cycle marine battery to this sumbiotch
Posted on 3/25/21 at 4:07 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
Go buy a covert code black & your problems are solved... 
This post was edited on 3/25/21 at 4:13 pm
Posted on 3/25/21 at 5:41 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
My micro solar works fine going on year number 2. Maybe you should stick with the rechargeable lithium battery it’s intended to work with.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:07 pm to 10MTNTiger
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Maybe you should stick with the rechargeable lithium battery it’s intended to work with.
I was trying to use a solar panel I had laying around and figured it would work okay with a battery added to the mix. I was trying not to spend another $100 on a spy point product as I'm not happy with this one as it is
Posted on 3/25/21 at 6:30 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
I’m on my third month of my Browning camera transmitting pictures (sometimes hundreds/day between crows and coons) on regular Duracell AA batteries. I have a solar panel to rig up, just haven’t made the drive to install it (4 hours away)
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:09 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
My spypoint just quit sending photos and said battery was always on zero. Sat on the phone with em for over an hour and their main way to fix it was to keep trying new batteries. After the third time I almost lost it. They did send me a brand new camera to replace at no charge to which I sold on Facebook marketplace the next day. frick that camera
Posted on 3/25/21 at 7:46 pm to GoAwayImBaitn
Used to be a great camera until this year... frick em. I had 11 of them, sold most and only 3 left.
Posted on 3/25/21 at 9:52 pm to jsmoke222000
Absolutely correct! Covert camera last months on 12 AA batteries. Months
Posted on 3/26/21 at 9:44 am to GoAwayImBaitn
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Spypoint drains 12v battery with solar
Tried everything with those bastards... I use mine as a regular camera now. Get you the micro link for 50 bucks... way better on the battery and depending on what regular camera you hook it to, takes much better pictures
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