How To Get More Battery Life: Trail Camera Batteries
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2019
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Standard Alkaline Batteries
This is the most common AA battery on the market and trail camera users go through a lot of them! Alkaline cells create energy from the chemical reaction of Zinc (Zn) and Manganese Oxide (MnO2). Because of their widespread availability, most cameras were designed to operate on alkaline batteries. They have a standard 1.5V output, typically used in series to create a 6, or 12v operating voltage and typical capacity is 1,000-1,500 mA of discharge. Let's take a look at some of the ups and downs of alkaline batteries:
Advantages
Availability - These batteries are easy to find. Every gas station and Walmart in America has them, which is great when you're in a pinch.
Price - As far as upfront cost goes, alkaline is the winner by far. It's pretty easy to find non-name brand batteries for $.50-.60 a piece. Will they be the cheapest in the long run? A lot of times no... But being able to spread that cost out over several months is attractive in some situations.
Disadvantages
Cold Weather - Alkaline batteries contain a water-based electrode. As temperatures reach freezing, chemical reactions inside an alkaline battery start slowing down. This heavily affects battery capacity and gets worse as temperatures drop further. Obviously, this is a big problem for trail cameras running in the winter throughout much of the Northern half of the united states and Canada.
Short Life Span - While alkaline technology has come a long way, with most manufacturers offering a premium option (energizer max, etc), they're still fairly short-lived compared to their lithium or rechargeable counterparts.
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Looking forward to your next vid about external power sources!
Solid info and advice!
I just setup my first mini trail camera near the beaver dam ! loaded with alkaline ....nice video thank you
It all makes sense now. Had a camera in hybrid mode and as the battery got below half it started doing weird things like just taking pictures during what should have been video and sometimes not even turning video on. I changed the batteries and it was good again. Next trip out I’ll be replacing with lithium’s! Thanks! This off season I will be purchasing a render and can’t wait for 2020!
Good to hear!
I don't know who overlayed this groovy background music but it's great!
As always, great video on power sources and battery differences. Although Lithium batteries have gone up a ton in price I agree they are still the best option on the market! I run my Renders with the SP18, and highly recommend it.
Lithium batteries are the way to go - good information here!
that render is looking real nice :)
We're so excited to get it in everyone's hands soon!
I hook 3 LiFePO4 in parallel. Don’t have to balance them. Total of 18Ah. A solar panel hooks to a Buck Converter set for 3.65V max. Then a Boost converter drives the camera at 6V (or 12V). The Boost converter cost $1 on eBay and is good for 2 amps. The Buck Converter cost $2 and is good for 3 amps. I bought a 4x4x2 PVC box at HD to house it in.
In my opinon it depends on the camera. I use Duracell [Costco-40 for 16$(start at 1.6v)] and get about 250-20sec videos per setting. But as power goes down cams may drop record times from 20s to 2-5s.And detection goes down also, fast, down to only a few feet.
I have lots of squirrels who run down my batteries.Out of 200 videos.150+ are of squirrels.
Sounds like you have a squirrel problem! Haha. The reason the performance goes down is because of the alkaline batteries. Lithiums would provide an even power supply until they die.
Here's the link to article referenced in the video- bit.ly/2KPXVra
It has a chart that helps illustrate the issue.
Voltage loss is the cause of the things you have described Dave.
Are the new cameras shipping yet?
Hey James, not yet. We're still a few weeks out. We'll continue to update everyone!
What about lithium rechargeable batteries?
too many words get to point
I made a LiFePo4 battery pack.
like comment and subscribe goes at the end of the video after ive decided if i got value out of your work. jump into the video quick and youll get likes and subs
Make a rechargeable battery pack that people can swap out...