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March 04, 2024, 01:25 PM
KMitch200
Advice Needed On Security Cameras For A Rental Home
quote:
Have you ever had say a week of weather where the batteries got minimal charging? Just wondering if solar would be practical in KC climate.

This winter has had a lot of cloud cover but not as much snow. The first year up here had a lot of snow where the panels were covered with snow/ice for at least a couple weeks.
Driveway camera has floodlight too and we never even bothered to add the second battery.
A bit of sun in a day is all that’s needed to maintain charge.

Obviously KC has longer and colder winters so others that live in those conditions would have better input.


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March 04, 2024, 03:48 PM
billfasttax
I have 5 Blink cameras from amazon. I pay 100 a year for on line storage and I really like the cameras and features. No regrets with them.


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March 04, 2024, 03:51 PM
selogic
My son uses temporary jobsite cameras on his construction projects .
March 04, 2024, 06:00 PM
10X-Shooter
We use Wyze cameras inside and outside at home and outside only at our rental. Law and insurance forbid inside cameras there. With Wyze you can get alerts just like Ring. Also has a micro sd card.
March 04, 2024, 06:09 PM
lyman
quote:
Originally posted by KMitch200:
quote:
Have you ever had say a week of weather where the batteries got minimal charging? Just wondering if solar would be practical in KC climate.

This winter has had a lot of cloud cover but not as much snow. The first year up here had a lot of snow where the panels were covered with snow/ice for at least a couple weeks.
Driveway camera has floodlight too and we never even bothered to add the second battery.
A bit of sun in a day is all that’s needed to maintain charge.

Obviously KC has longer and colder winters so others that live in those conditions would have better input.


the batteries last for weeks, if not a month or 2, so no worries on the solar,

we get snow, rain etc here in Central VA, and I have had 0 issues charging the outside cameras with the solar panels


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March 04, 2024, 06:12 PM
Bytes
quote:
Originally posted by lyman:
quote:
Originally posted by KMitch200:
quote:
Have you ever had say a week of weather where the batteries got minimal charging? Just wondering if solar would be practical in KC climate.

This winter has had a lot of cloud cover but not as much snow. The first year up here had a lot of snow where the panels were covered with snow/ice for at least a couple weeks.
Driveway camera has floodlight too and we never even bothered to add the second battery.
A bit of sun in a day is all that’s needed to maintain charge.

Obviously KC has longer and colder winters so others that live in those conditions would have better input.


the batteries last for weeks, if not a month or 2, so no worries on the solar,

we get snow, rain etc here in Central VA, and I have had 0 issues charging the outside cameras with the solar panels


Nice to know. Thanks KMitch and Lyman.