Solar powered IP camera

rebelbah

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Any suggestions of solar powered WiFi camera compatible with Blue Iris
 

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The answer hasn't changed in less than a month from your original post...


And it will kill BI if you do:

 

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The answer hasn't changed in less than a month from your original post...


And it will kill BI if you do:


if you notice the new post does not inquire anything regarding storage.

Thank you for the info
 

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Storage or not, nobody here will recommend a consumer grade solar wifi camera.

Plenty of threads discussing it. Here are few. A consumer grade camera will not cut it and you would have to build your own with battery packs taking up the size of half a VW lol. The cost to do it right far exceeds the cost of running wire.






 

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$100 solar panel, I think the solar controller was $20, I don't remember, 2, 35AH batteries $45 each. $50 Electrical box, 2 5ghz radios $100. I already had the cameras.

I believe my radios max out at 19 miles or something crazy like that, didn't need those could have just use the existing Wi-Fi just wanted them for the fun of it, also wanted to ad an additional mesh AP to my system off the radios instead of piggy backing off the Wi-Fi for the down link.

I just purchased this for a nearby extra camera with its solar option I'll let you know how it is. Argus PT 2K | 4MP Pan Tilt Battery Powered WiFi Camera (reolink.com)
 
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