Has any electrical engineer oriented person calculated the minimum requirements to keep a WYZE cam running 24 hours, assuming 8 hours of direct sunlight. For example, Harbor Freight has a $19.50 solar power motion activated led light, that for the $$$ works brilliantly. Building on that how much battery and solar size would be needed for a 5V ?amp cam at a minimun.
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I would look at this before harbor fright. Some has made a full solar battery system,
I have This One and it will drive a cam with continuous recording for 24 hours without using the solar. The solar is pretty much a hype for selling IMHOP. It takes a day of sun to get a noticable boost in charge. The description of the device even points this out on Amazon. I assume the panel is just not large enough to generate enough power to charge.
so
- it’s about 325mA per hour consumed.
- about 7800mA a day
But it will take a 5w solar cell to recharge in 8 hours of sun per day. so 1.5V units a not enough solar I think.