Security camera for area with no power
Thats going to be a tough one (really).
You can use solar power and a wireless bridge in the camera to connect back to your storage device or use a SD card in the camera to store the video, but then you will need to swap the SD card to retrieve the video. So you can get solar powered cameras. The issue is lighting the area after dark. If you want overt security you will have to put up lighting in the area. If you want covert security you will need to get a camera that is sensitive to IR light then flood the area with IR light, which also takes power. It would be easier to pull off if you could get AC mains in that area first then work on the right camera and lighting for the area.
We have a lot that we store cars on sometimes that has no lights and no power. Recently we've had some vandalism and we'd like to get some security cameras on that area. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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