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Alan caddy
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Local bt guy said other day it's 50v in there cables,
Lancs Lad
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50V UK but obvs low ampage. So yes theritically you could run something ..but not heard tin tent brigade hooking up before clever sods. Surprised openreach engineers got there b4 they moved on lol
GazCro
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I'm sure bt bloke told me 12v and 24v when it rings. Could explain the crap service you get from them when something is wrong if they all think something different.
Regy53
I like cake
Honestly it’s not that easy. I have backup battery’s for our system but it’s surprising how little they last . Your talking hours not days
Lancs Lad
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Yes...and cheapo ones deteriorate fast
Grahams
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This is why I put the idea out there. If full time battery isn't going to work I'd rather know than spend out building a system that will keep failing.
Lancs Lad
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What about a clever bit of kit?....runs unlimited on a red liquid or white...
No battery's required I predict it will be the fuel of the future once battery's are out of fashion.
Grahams
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Trouble is it is a remote site I'll visit once or twice a year unless there are problems. Hence the cameras to alert me to problems. Want something that will just chug along on it's own and I can drop in vitually when I feel like it. Then if there has been any issues review the old footage to find out what has been going on.What about a clever bit of kit?....runs unlimited on a red liquid or white...
Lancs Lad
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Ok gotcha
Might be worth looking at something like this:
Spypoint LINK-MICRO-S Trail / Surveillance Camera
Spypoint LINK-MICRO-S Trail / Surveillance motion activated digital trail surveillance cameras allow you to get closer to wildlife than you ever thought possible.
Vosker V100 4G Wireless Security Camera
Vosker V100 4G Cellular Security Trail Camera. Pre-set up so you can start using right out of the box. Supplied with SIM card, SD card and batteries.
pakatak.co.uk
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Smiffy
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Or a trail cam might work.
ukwildlifecameras.co.uk
Is it just a plot or are there going to be tools and equipment there
Search results for: 'ltl acorn 5310wmg trail camera'
Is it just a plot or are there going to be tools and equipment there
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
remote from you Gra, or just 'REMOTE' from anywhere??
Grahams
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About 5 hours remote from me. In a built up area, but currently no services and not adjacent to a road, so don't know about running power in over the right of way. Only thinking of buying it and thinking of plans.
JD450A
Feral as Fk 🐾
Regy53
I like cake
You need cloud based recording then. It will likely be easiest to get a 4g router, get a big 110 battery or a few and a decent solar charge panel. Then get some ring battery cams with the solar panel also . Set the motions right down so it’s sensitivity is low snd see how that goes. You could trial it at home with a old digger battery etc.
Winter will be the months with issues, on the canal boat forums the guys with solar basically write it off over the winter months but there also powering a boat. A 4G router is all your trying to power
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Maxus
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I've wondered about camera's, for me it's not really nessecary as the yard is shared and security exists, upgraded last year when caravan utilising nomadic travellers attempted to steal a digger (they got stuck in the field thankfully and the desperate revving of engines alerted someone).
That being said i do have solar power as there's no leccy on my unit (40' lorry trailer) and previous experience as having lived on a narrow boat made it easy for me to do. The main problem is not killing batteries by using more power than they can afford, either buy a low voltage shut off on a top quality charge controller, or ensuring you have enough charge trickling in when it's cloudy, or a large enough battery bank that can last until the sun starts shining again.
It's handy to have the solar for lights, cordless battery charging etc. if you don't have power.
Best place I have found for solar, if you go down that route, is this place:
www.bimblesolar.com
It's easy to install if you have basic electrical knowledge and can follow instructions.
I would be budgeting £2-3k for a reliable setup.
That being said i do have solar power as there's no leccy on my unit (40' lorry trailer) and previous experience as having lived on a narrow boat made it easy for me to do. The main problem is not killing batteries by using more power than they can afford, either buy a low voltage shut off on a top quality charge controller, or ensuring you have enough charge trickling in when it's cloudy, or a large enough battery bank that can last until the sun starts shining again.
It's handy to have the solar for lights, cordless battery charging etc. if you don't have power.
Best place I have found for solar, if you go down that route, is this place:
Bimble Solar
Affordable Solar Panels and Solar Equipment in the UK and delivered Worldwide. Solar panels - From 20W to 490W, Off Grid and On Grid Packages. MPPT Charge Controllers, Inverters, Batteries and all accessories.
www.bimblesolar.com
It's easy to install if you have basic electrical knowledge and can follow instructions.
I would be budgeting £2-3k for a reliable setup.
Grahams
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No, that one fell through because of the people selling it. That would have been much easier to manage as I know people locally and I was buying up to the pavement so could have run mains power, but there you go, think how boring life would be if it were all easy.Do I know
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fred
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if you want solar try https://www.pluginsolar.co.uk/, the gaffer is Mark very helpfull chap.
we get our kits off h im for the new builds, very easy to connect up.
we get our kits off h im for the new builds, very easy to connect up.
Mogman
What man as done, man can do, what never has,maybe
Grahams
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not that near. I’ll reveal all if I buy it, but not that interesting. Just a lack of good opportunities down near me. For example I’ve been looking for a yard to buy as I currently rent for over ten years, but anything that comes up goes for housing and given how they stuff them in these days I can’t get anywhere near that sort of money.Is it next door to me
It only seems to work if you are a traveller. Some fields came up for sale locally and after the sale they got subdivided and caravans moved in on each small part as well as numerous animals, trailers, commercial vehicles etc and the council aren’t interested, but the guy who works for me has a bit of land with a barn on it and when he replaced the door with a galvanised one they were straight on to him with threats of persecution if he didn’t get it painted as per the old one.
pettsy
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Revisiting this, had an advert appear on my Instagram feed from these lot. Apparently will work with solar/battery 
www.livestockeye.co.uk
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