you will save money in the long run utilizing either a solar panel or the 6 d booster , if you are just trying to run the cameras on the 4d internals you will not be happy, the 4 d internal is basically designed to be back up power to the external source. you will get more battery life out of each individual battery by running the booster since it runs 6 in sequence, effectively saving you enough money to pay for the external over a short period of time.
I am very pleased with the solar upgrade I did. My J-cameras with 12 AAA had poor battery life. It’s been nice not having to worry about batteries.
with a k you would need to run rechargeable D cells in it for it to work with solar, the G series cell unit is a better option since you run alkaline Ds in it for back up only.
SwampCat, on my older J's I am running rechargeable AAs (12). In my case, the units "functionally" are running off the solar panel's battery, which seems to stay charged fairly well.
looking like late feb early march at this time.
John, on the G home cell you don't have to have rechargeable when using the solar panel? No special setting on camera if solar and regular D batteries are installed in your G home cell camera?
if its a 4d camera either (J or G )you use alkaline rayovac high energy in the camera and they act as back up only to the 3600 or super shade solar , if the camera is a 12aa or 6D then you need to use rechargeable batteries in the camera.
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how are you utilizing them? what camera and what type and number of batteries in the camera
I have used 12v lead acid sealed batteries with J and G …no batteries in the camera actually just the pw3617 cord straight to the 12v…have had pretty good luck last 3 years and seems this year I had string of them go bad idk if moister got into the voltage converter on cord or what
I have also just bought some Dakota lithium and had pretty good luck with these also
only issues i have seen is when people try to run external 12volt with that cable and have 6 D or 12aa in the camera as well, this can cause voltage to run towards the 12 v and either kill it or damage the cable.
Ok thanks John maybe I need to beef my boxes up and or silicone up that voltage converter built in the cord
that was a one time deal only on the K and it was a promo where the 1 year plan had to be purchased when the camera was first registered. The g series can be a home only on current firmware but will work as an SD home without a plan. ThE IR L series IR is 850 NM, its a different module than the previous cams , picture quality form my initial testing is better than previous versions,
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