PV Gap

Calvin Said:

Home security???????????????

We Answered:

i do this for a living and what we do in a situation like yours is dig a six inch deep trench from your home to the location and use direct bury cable housed in pvc and then fill up the trenches again. if you dig the trench yourself, it will be less money. pvc is relatively inexpensive. the only setback is at that distance from the power supply to the camera, the resolution of the image could be compromised.

Warren Said:

Any suggestions, Please Help?

We Answered:

I've heard a ton of great things about those wireless pen cameras, such as this one, http://www.spytown.com/pencameras.html They seem rather simple to operate, are portable and wireless - like you mentioned you wanted, and all you have to do is plug the pen into the USB port in your computer to retrieve the footage. Some of these pens will last up to 2-3 hours of recording time before you need to recharge them. Hopefully this is something that would work for you.

Erika Said:

check this out....?

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That was funny!! I'm glad you added the notes that they aren't real inventions, I'm blonde and I was like "Why would they put a screen door in a submarine?" lmao! Thanks for the laugh!

Brent Said:

Security Camera for outdoor use with no electricity?

We Answered:

This is a tough one. Much of the theft probably depends on how the land is laid out. Was the 4 wheeler visible from the road? One option you might have is something called a driveway alarm:

You can buy driveway alarms off of Amazon for anywhere from $15 bucks to over $100. So this probably sounds silly, you're not securing a driveway but your securing a general area. You can get proximity sensors for some of these driveway alarms. So, it's like hooking up a remote motion detector that transmits to a receiver. All the motion sensors can be set to send a different signal to the receiver so you know which area is being intruded upon:

http://www.teepeetech.com/driveway-alarm…

I think Amazon sells that one for somewhere over $100.

Now, of course, that's only good if you are there at the place and can hear the alarm go off. However, it doesn't do any good if you are away. That's where the cameras would come into play. If it were me, I would hide the cameras at spots where you think people might enter the property. If it's a farm, then that's probably a lot of places but maybe narrow it down some. The big problem you will run into with the cameras is wire or even if they are wireless, transmitting the distances typical on a farm may be a problem. It would be great if somehow you could get a power source. Your options go up at that point, but then like you are saying too, if you spend too much on something someone might just decide to steal that too.

Hey, there is always a Great Pyrenees dog too. They are fiercely protective and big. I wouldn't want to get near one.

Best of luck

Marcia Said:

Solar panels for security cameras?

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Only danger in that is when the sun comes out, you may get more voltage then your camera needs. How many volts is required to run them, 3-4.5-6-9-12? Each camera will need a separate power supply if you don't want to work with cables. Each will need one panel, one battery, and one charge controller. To be honest it would be better to run conduit under ground to each camera and it would cost less for sure. If you want to go solar, as I said you would need for each, one panel, one charge controller, and one battery. Depending on the voltage they need you can also use small 12v cell phone chargers that plug into a cigarette lighter requiring 12v to reduce your voltage to 3v 4.5v 6v 9v 12v. I use them to run my cordless phones in my home that are also hooked up to my solar panels and batteries. What are you using for solar panels, and how many volts, and watts are they pushing? This also will make a difference as well.

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You wouldn't need top of the line charge controllers for the small amount of watts you are using.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=…

A small solar panel should be enough to do the job for each camera. They also have small panels with only a few watts for charging small batteries if thats what you want. Make sure they have enough watts to charge your battery

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=12v+sol…

Small 12v sealed led acid batteries.

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=12v+eme…

Each battery will will need to be enclosed in a box from the weather to preserve it as well as the charge controllers.

All this work can be done with success, but will be costly if that's what you want, and want it done right. You have no short cuts around this unless you want to damage your cameras?

I still say it would be much easier to run conduit under ground for your power supply to each camera, and it would cost less money and time.