P
(PeteCresswell)
I'm looking in to putting an IP camera on an outbuilding and
maybe one of those flood lights that is triggered by motion.
Running AC to the building sounds more formidable the more I read
about it.
OTOH, a wireless version of the IP camera's 24-7 draw is less
than 10 watts and the flood light could be set up to only shine
for a minute or so after detecting motion.
Unencumbered by any knowledge or expertise, I am led to thinking
maybe this could be a solar application: automobile battery and
el-cheapo inverter in the shed, collector panel on the roof, some
sort of box to facilitate panel's charging the battery...
Is the scale/complexity of something like this small enough so it
would compete favorably with a couple thou to hire an electrician
to run 120v to the outbuilding?
maybe one of those flood lights that is triggered by motion.
Running AC to the building sounds more formidable the more I read
about it.
OTOH, a wireless version of the IP camera's 24-7 draw is less
than 10 watts and the flood light could be set up to only shine
for a minute or so after detecting motion.
Unencumbered by any knowledge or expertise, I am led to thinking
maybe this could be a solar application: automobile battery and
el-cheapo inverter in the shed, collector panel on the roof, some
sort of box to facilitate panel's charging the battery...
Is the scale/complexity of something like this small enough so it
would compete favorably with a couple thou to hire an electrician
to run 120v to the outbuilding?