The Solar Panel arrived today!!! [image] Due to the inclement weather in my area I won’t be able to provide much of an overview other than some pics. First, no sticker, no app badge :pensive: But the important stuff… The device feels solid, like it will be able to withstand the weather in the M…

So it went up about 1% per hour on average with no visible sun and no events. Thanks for posting that. Not bad. It should charge faster on sunny days too. It will be interesting to see how well it charges in different conditions and such. But considering the battery already lasts pretty long, even i…

Mine is covered with snow. So no recharging anything, lol.

You could use the spotlight connector to split 2 cameras assuming you didn’t need a wide distance from the cameras… Still need 2 kits thought. But hey… you could use that solar panel for something else :wink: Really I just wanted to see what the fit was using the spotlight connector. [image]

Normal solar panels do not utilize UV light at all, and only work in the visible spectrum (which also obviously makes it through clouds, as otherwise it would be complete darkness). While it is more energetic, UV only makes up 4% of sunlight, so going to the extra effort to design a panel to suppor…

Anyone going to try hooking one of these up to the Video Doorbell Pro? :slight_smile: Would’ve been handy growing up…our backyard neighbors and us would always go to each others houses through the fences. We could’ve had one of these at the fence to “knock” in a way. Then if you could charge them by…

Dang you @carverofchoice . Now I’m tempted. But first… I need a fence. :rofl: I’ll let you know when I get one. Then it’s on.

I just connected my solar panel and in the first hour it dropped 1% (it’s late afternoon but still sunny). I rechecked the connections and unplugged and reset the main connector. It seems to holding the same % now. My question is: how do I know it’s working (other than waiting)? I’ve toggled the Ac…

You mostly have to wait until the end of a sunny day. If you play with the cam much, you might not even see the charge increase. You might even see it decrease. It doesn’t charge fast, but it doesn’t really need to.

Thanks. I guess I have to be patient.

UPDATE - (and a bit of advice on installing). Direct sunlight makes a BIG difference versus indirect sunlight with the panel. After having my panel installed in indirect sunlight (in clear, sunny skies), I adjusted my installation to point the panel at direct sunlight and immediately saw a differenc…

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R.Good February 4, 2022, 3:22am 17

Dang you @carverofchoice. Now I’m tempted. But first… I need a fence.

I’ll let you know when I get one. Then it’s on.

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