OK, took Amazon up on some cheap cameras.
How do i hook a lantern battery to it to provide its power?
This could be just a post to to determine who knowes what a lantern battery is.
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How would you connect to the springs on the lantern battery? I remember using these and the ones with the screw terminals when I was a kid playing with electricity.
Since you’re going to sacrifice a cable anyway, I’d suggest using a pair of small alligator clips.
I don't remember the voltage on those, big things though. I think @thebearmay's suggestion is a good one though, or simply soldering some wire to each terminal, maybe terminated in some crimp lugs or an anderson connector?
Interesting Lots amp hours with screw terminals. 6V though.
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Wouldn't that be perfect to power a usb device?
Except you can't recharge them and I think they're not cheap.
I was hoping that was the case, if the runtime is long enough, i can justify $10.
How to hook up, and an initial run is tempting, the camera was ~$13, an acceptable loss if it frys in the experiment. The blink outdoors run over a year on 2 expensive AA's.
No, I think 6 VDC is a bit too high. 4.5V-5.5V is the range of a typical USB 2.0 port.
6V is a variance of 20% over spec. Its possible some devices could regulate that down, but IMO, its a touch risky. You could probably throw an inline resistor to drop the voltage, although, that eats some power....
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The AA lithium batteries that blink recommends are expensive, but for another 13 bucks you could keep the camera running for another couple years with zero risk of frying it:
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