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Battery adapter help please!
My horse is due to foal any day now, so I bought a wireless CCTV system so I
could keep an eye on her. I specifically needed one that could run off a battery as there is no power in the stable. I set it all up and it worked fine for a few minutes, then it stopped, and it looks as though the camera battery has run out. It was also supplied with an adaptor, which says Output 8V - 500mA. Well as the rechargeable batteries I have are 160mAh, would I be right in thinking that these batteries will last all of about 20 minutes?? If so, I'm absolutely seething, that's no good at all. I'm waiting for a response off the company that sold me the kit (they know exactly what it was being used for...) Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? Cheers. |
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"xena" wrote in message ... My horse is due to foal any day now, so I bought a wireless CCTV system so I could keep an eye on her. I specifically needed one that could run off a battery as there is no power in the stable. I set it all up and it worked fine for a few minutes, then it stopped, and it looks as though the camera battery has run out. It was also supplied with an adaptor, which says Output 8V - 500mA. Well as the rechargeable batteries I have are 160mAh, would I be right in thinking that these batteries will last all of about 20 minutes?? If so, I'm absolutely seething, that's no good at all. I'm waiting for a response off the company that sold me the kit (they know exactly what it was being used for...) Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? It might even run off 12V anyway - modern power inputs are quite tolerant - but it would be risky. You could buy a 12V inverter which would provide 240V power up to 150W for £25 from www.towsure.co.uk (for example) and plug your mains adapter into that. This would be of perhaps more use long term and wouldn't require any work and would be quick! -- Bob Mannix (anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not) |
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"Bob Mannix" wrote in message ... "xena" wrote in message Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? You could buy a 12V inverter which would provide 240V power up to 150W for £25 from www.towsure.co.uk (for example) and plug your mains adapter into that. This would be of perhaps more use long term and wouldn't require any work and would be quick! Interesting idea. I need one fast, but Halfords are doing them for £27.99 according to their website. They should be safe around horses, shouldn't they? It's not got the oomph of a normal 240v supply, after all. What about the fact that it would be outdoors in an unfavourable climate, i.e. misty and windy, would it mind that? Many thanks. |
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xena wrote:
Interesting idea. I need one fast, but Halfords are doing them for £27.99 according to their website. They should be safe around horses, shouldn't they? It's not got the oomph of a normal 240v supply, after all. What about the fact that it would be outdoors in an unfavourable climate, i.e. misty and windy, would it mind that? The main issue with using an inverter is the losses - the inverter + PSU combination will add a lot to your current draw, so you'll need to recharge your leisure battery fairly frequently. -- Grunff Low temperature Stirling engine: http://www.shinyshack.com/product.php?prid=211027 |
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xena wrote: You could buy a 12V inverter which would provide 240V power up to 150W for £25 from www.towsure.co.uk (for example) and plug your mains adapter into that. This would be of perhaps more use long term and wouldn't require any work and would be quick! Interesting idea. I need one fast, but Halfords are doing them for £27.99 according to their website. They should be safe around horses, shouldn't they? It's not got the oomph of a normal 240v supply, after all. It's got more than enough oomph to kill anyone, if 240 will kill a horse. With a human, a few watts are enough, and these are capable of hundreds. What about the fact that it would be outdoors in an unfavourable climate, i.e. misty and windy, would it mind that? The ones I've seen ain't weatherproof. -- *Eat well, stay fit, die anyway Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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on 04/07/2007, Dave Plowman (News) supposed :
It's got more than enough oomph to kill anyone, if 240 will kill a horse. With a human, a few watts are enough, and these are capable of hundreds. 1mA at 240v is enough to kill a human - animals are supposedly even more sensitive. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |
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In article , Harry Bloomfield
writes on 04/07/2007, Dave Plowman (News) supposed : It's got more than enough oomph to kill anyone, if 240 will kill a horse. With a human, a few watts are enough, and these are capable of hundreds. 1mA at 240v is enough to kill a human - animals are supposedly even more sensitive. Cite? -- fred Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla |
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On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:39:57 +0100, Harry Bloomfield
wrote: on 04/07/2007, Dave Plowman (News) supposed : It's got more than enough oomph to kill anyone, if 240 will kill a horse. With a human, a few watts are enough, and these are capable of hundreds. 1mA at 240v is enough to kill a human - animals are supposedly even more sensitive. It's the mills that kills but the volts that jolts. My lecturer at Uni had a research project that involved passing currents through the hearts of aneasthetised animals to see what current would make them die. He said it was about 10 mA DG |
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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
... on 04/07/2007, Dave Plowman (News) supposed : It's got more than enough oomph to kill anyone, if 240 will kill a horse. With a human, a few watts are enough, and these are capable of hundreds. 1mA at 240v is enough to kill a human - animals are supposedly even more sensitive. I don't get this leccy thing at all. 12v doesn't hurt if you touch both terminals. My electric fence at 8,200V (yes 8.2KV) stings a bit but doesn't kill, yet somewhere in the middle, 1mA at 240v can kill?? |
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xena wrote:
My horse is due to foal any day now, so I bought a wireless CCTV system so I could keep an eye on her. I specifically needed one that could run off a battery as there is no power in the stable. I set it all up and it worked fine for a few minutes, then it stopped, and it looks as though the camera battery has run out. It was also supplied with an adaptor, which says Output 8V - 500mA. Well as the rechargeable batteries I have are 160mAh, would I be right in thinking that these batteries will last all of about 20 minutes?? If so, I'm absolutely seething, that's no good at all. I'm waiting for a response off the company that sold me the kit (they know exactly what it was being used for...) Yes, those batteries should run it for about 20 minutes or so. Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? Yes. First, find out what voltage range the camera can run off. Many have quite a wide range, of 5V-12V. If this is the case, then you can just power it straight off your 12V leisure battery. If it has a narrower range, you need a suitable power supply to drop the 12V to 8V. Something like this: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...supply&doy=4m7 and a trailing cigar lighter socket: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...socket&doy=4m7 -- Grunff Low temperature Stirling engine: http://www.shinyshack.com/product.php?prid=211027 |
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"Grunff" wrote in message ... xena wrote: Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? If it has a narrower range, you need a suitable power supply to drop the 12V to 8V. Something like this: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...supply&doy=4m7 Thanks for that. The camera says it wants 8v, so do you think it would prefer 7.5v or 9v? I don't think I have the luxury of waiting for delivery now, so I guess it'll be whatever Halfords have. I've found an old multi-voltage adaptor like the one you linked to, but none of the 4 adaptors will fit the camera Many thanks for your help. |
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xena wrote:
Thanks for that. The camera says it wants 8v, so do you think it would prefer 7.5v or 9v? I doubt it will care either way. Start at 7.5V, and if that doesn't work, switch to 9V. I don't think I have the luxury of waiting for delivery now, so I guess it'll be whatever Halfords have. I'm sure they'll have a suitable one. I've found an old multi-voltage adaptor like the one you linked to, but none of the 4 adaptors will fit the camera Snip the lead and wire it straight to the camera, observing polarity. Many thanks for your help. YMW. -- Grunff Low temperature Stirling engine: http://www.shinyshack.com/product.php?prid=211027 |
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On 4 Jul, 17:03, "xena" wrote:
"Grunff" wrote in message ... xena wrote: Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? easy Thanks for that. The camera says it wants 8v, so do you think it would prefer 7.5v or 9v? I don't think I have the luxury of waiting for delivery now, so I guess it'll be whatever Halfords have. I've found an old multi-voltage adaptor like the one you linked to, but none of the 4 adaptors will fit the camera Many thanks for your help. You could simply use 5 diodes in series to drop the 13v to 8v. Basic 1N4001 diodes would do fine. Cost a few p each. NT |
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ups.com... You could simply use 5 diodes in series to drop the 13v to 8v. Basic 1N4001 diodes would do fine. Cost a few p each. Interesting idea, never heard of those before, but a few on ebay for next to nothing. The camera's actually up and running now, using an old car voltage adaptor, and some fancy wiring. However, it's enlightening to see other potential solutions as it may well help the next time I want to do something clever with a 12v supply! |
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On 2007-07-05 22:24:19 +0100, "xena" said:
wrote in message ups.com... You could simply use 5 diodes in series to drop the 13v to 8v. Basic 1N4001 diodes would do fine. Cost a few p each. Interesting idea, never heard of those before, but a few on ebay for next to nothing. The camera's actually up and running now, using an old car voltage adaptor, and some fancy wiring. However, it's enlightening to see other potential solutions as it may well help the next time I want to do something clever with a 12v supply! Voltage droppers. Potential solutions. Shouldn't meet much resistance in the current form. |
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"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
It's probably a bit short notice for a horsey that's about to give birth any minute though... (Xena) - any news yet? No, nothing yet. Horses are notoriously difficult to predict though, so whilst she has all the signs of dropping it at any minute, she could still hold onto it for another week or even two if she wants/needs to - hence the need for the cctv. For instance, she might want to wait until the weather is a little better. With the amount of stuff that can go wrong with a foaling though, and the often catastrophic results, I have much more peace of mind now Was fantastic being able to watch them last night from the comfort of my bed!! I really appreciate all the help you people have given me, not just with this topic, but the others I've put up before, like best way to illuminate the shelter, putting a ceiling fan up (though the weather made that unnecessary in the end!) so I'll let you know when she drops it and stick a pic link up |
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xena wrote:
My horse is due to foal any day now, so I bought a wireless CCTV system so I could keep an eye on her. I specifically needed one that could run off a battery as there is no power in the stable. I set it all up and it worked fine for a few minutes, then it stopped, and it looks as though the camera battery has run out. It was also supplied with an adaptor, which says Output 8V - 500mA. Well as the rechargeable batteries I have are 160mAh, would I be right in thinking that these batteries will last all of about 20 minutes?? If so, I'm absolutely seething, that's no good at all. I'm waiting for a response off the company that sold me the kit (they know exactly what it was being used for...) Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? Are you sure the adaptor is not (also) a charger? If you plug in the camera with the batteries in and leave for a few hours, what sort of battery life do you get then? Chris -- Spamtrap in use To email replace 127.0.0.1 with btinternet dot com |
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"Chris Hodges" wrote in message
... xena wrote: Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? Are you sure the adaptor is not (also) a charger? If you plug in the camera with the batteries in and leave for a few hours, what sort of battery life do you get then? Yup, there's an adaptor coming out of the camera, into which you either plug a 9v battery (on an adaptor cable) or the 240v plug. In any case, if the max capacity of the battery is 160mAh, then it's only going to work for 19 minutes, as I work it out. I've started the butchery, and it will hopefully be connected to the leisure battery within the next hour after my cuppa |
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:55:52 +0100, "xena"
wrote: "Chris Hodges" wrote in message ... xena wrote: Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? Are you sure the adaptor is not (also) a charger? If you plug in the camera with the batteries in and leave for a few hours, what sort of battery life do you get then? Yup, there's an adaptor coming out of the camera, into which you either plug a 9v battery (on an adaptor cable) or the 240v plug. In any case, if the max capacity of the battery is 160mAh, then it's only going to work for 19 minutes, as I work it out. I've started the butchery, and it will hopefully be connected to the leisure battery within the next hour after my cuppa Let's hope all goes well for the horse... -- Frank Erskine |
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"Frank Erskine" wrote in message
... On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:55:52 +0100, "xena" wrote: I've started the butchery, and it will hopefully be connected to the leisure battery within the next hour after my cuppa Let's hope all goes well for the horse... Well with regard to the electrics, it's protected by a 5A fuse at the battery, and they would have to stretch very high to reach the cables, which are all tacked down very securely. |
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xena wrote:
"Chris Hodges" wrote in message ... xena wrote: Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? Are you sure the adaptor is not (also) a charger? If you plug in the camera with the batteries in and leave for a few hours, what sort of battery life do you get then? Yup, there's an adaptor coming out of the camera, into which you either plug a 9v battery (on an adaptor cable) or the 240v plug. In any case, if the max capacity of the battery is 160mAh, then it's only going to work for 19 minutes, as I work it out. I see. Obvious enough when you know how it's connected. The adaptor is probably slightly overspecced, but it's going to be minutes not hours certainly (and might even be worse than the 19 depending on the discharge curve at high cuurents (which it is for a small 9V) I've started the butchery, and it will hopefully be connected to the leisure battery within the next hour after my cuppa If it was me I'd rig 6 D cells in series to a spare 9V battery lead (remembering that the colours will be the wrong way round). The rechargeable D in front of me is 2300mAh, a duracell will be much more. -- Spamtrap in use To email replace 127.0.0.1 with btinternet dot com |
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xena expressed precisely :
My horse is due to foal any day now, so I bought a wireless CCTV system so I could keep an eye on her. I specifically needed one that could run off a battery as there is no power in the stable. I set it all up and it worked fine for a few minutes, then it stopped, and it looks as though the camera battery has run out. It was also supplied with an adaptor, which says Output 8V - 500mA. Well as the rechargeable batteries I have are 160mAh, would I be right in thinking that these batteries will last all of about 20 minutes?? If so, I'm absolutely seething, that's no good at all. I'm waiting for a response off the company that sold me the kit (they know exactly what it was being used for...) Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? 20 minutes would be about right. If the 8v needed is 8v DC, then you could run it from a 7808 series regulator. Get a 1amp version of the 7808 from perhaps Maplin. It has three terminals + in, ground, + output at 8v. Mount in on an heat sink because it will need to be kept cool. An 85amp hour battery will last around 130 hours continuous running. Another solution might be to get hold of a long 240v extension and take care where you place the cable. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk |
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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message ... xena expressed precisely : Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? If the 8v needed is 8v DC, then you could run it from a 7808 series regulator. Get a 1amp version of the 7808 from perhaps Maplin. It has three terminals + in, ground, + output at 8v. Mount in on an heat sink because it will need to be kept cool. Thanks, but she could literally foal any hour now, I can't risk waiting for stuff to turn up. I've tried to set it up using the 12v DC adaptor but haven't found a way of finishing the connections off just yet. Another solution might be to get hold of a long 240v extension and take care where you place the cable. Not possible, the lane to next door goes between the house and the field, and I've been warned before by the kind folk on here that mains leccy near my horses ain't good. Cheers for your advice tho. |
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:24:32 +0100, "xena"
wrote: "Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message ... xena expressed precisely : Is there any way I can get the camera to run off a 12v leisure battery instead? If the 8v needed is 8v DC, then you could run it from a 7808 series regulator. Get a 1amp version of the 7808 from perhaps Maplin. It has three terminals + in, ground, + output at 8v. Mount in on an heat sink because it will need to be kept cool. Thanks, but she could literally foal any hour now, I can't risk waiting for stuff to turn up. Do let us know how she gets on, will you? -- Frank Erskine |
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