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5.
6V External Battery Setups (Non-Solar)
Cell cameras can be incredibly useful technology, but battery life can be a real problem, especially if your cameras are not deployed where
you can reach them quickly and easily. External batteries, even relatively small, inexpensive ones, can greatly increase the length of time a
cell camera can run without requiring attention. 6V 12Ah SLA (Sealed Lead Acid) batteries work the best and are available from good
hardware’s nationwide. You can also purchase a ready-made cable like the one shown below from CAMERA TRAPS cc. It works on all
Spartan cameras.
You may want to get a spare battery so that you can just swap out batteries when necessary rather than pulling the battery, recharging it, and
putting it back.
6.
Using Start-Stop Times
Start-Stop Times are handy settings that allow you to control how your camera works during one or two time periods during a day.
Running the camera only during part of the day (See Pic Right)
If you are using cameras for security, you may not want the camera taking pictures
during the day when you are out and about at the location. In that case, set the start
time for after you will be inside for the night and the stop time for shortly before you
plan to be out again so that the camera takes pictures during the night but not while
you are active outside.
Setting different trigger intervals for different times of the day (See Pic Below)
In the first example, a camera on a feeder in Texas is set to take more frequent
pictures during the day and evening when the deer are most active then take fewer
pictures at night when the genets and bush pigs are active.
