Comments on: Home Surveillance System – Part I – The Cameras

By: Mugwug

Mugwug — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:26:49 +0000

Sorry man, just demonstrating to Mom how to password protect a blog entry, forgot to turn it back off when I was done.

Fixed now.

By: Piet

Piet — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:12:23 +0000

Dad, just because the VW has a lead acid battery, doesn’t mean you don’t have an option.
Gel celled batteries (Although not new) are a “Newer” technology.

Erik: What’s up with the password protection on the new post?

By: Matti

Matti — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:22:14 +0000

I’d suspect that the PC would be the lion’s share of the load – those little cameras can’t pull much juice, can they?

Trouble with batteries tends to be that ‘you get what you pay for’.

Shocking, really, that progress in battery technology has been as slow as it has. After all, there’s not a whole lot of difference between the battery in my 2006 VW and the batteries that were being put in the original VWs in the 1930s

By: Les Jones

Les Jones — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:43:55 +0000

Good post. I’ve been curious about home security cameras but had no idea where to start.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:51:22 +0000

Cool set-up.
I guess my only question is:
In the event of a power failure, can your UPS keep all the cameras, multi-plexer and
computer online? That seems like a big load for a simple ups.
It may interest you that you can hook up “Gel” batteries to the ups.
A guy down here I know put 2 “Optima Marine” batteries on his and effectively increased his backup time by 400%. Just a thought.
You could talk to Dad, he’s probably sourced out some good spots for batteries for the solar project he’s working on.