[plug] re; battery / solar powered monitoring system (Luke)

[Paul Del - Info Technology Sys]

Hey Luke

If you don't find any suggestions i know a friend in this area who could
help.

he is right into batteries, solar, charging etc

Also i would be interested to help with this project if you need it.

Thanks chat soon


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> Hey Guys and people who missed out
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> Last night at the PLUG Quiz night at Moon and SixPence was bloody excellent.
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> Everyone participated and joined in on the comedy.
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> Some good antics from the Chicken Parma group(you know who you are ;-)
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> Hi PLUGgers,
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> I am looking at setting up a monitoring system using a phone (probably
> android).
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> The phone would be taking ~10 photos every minute and sending them
> over a 3G connection (preferably more if battery could handle it,
> possibly some video).  It would only be operating during daylight
> hours. It would also not have access to mains power.
>
> The best solution for power I've been able to find so far for powering
> the phone would be using a solar battery maintainer to keep a 12 V
> battery charged and hooking up the phone via a car charger.
>
> Issues with this solution are; I wouldn't be keeping track of battery
> levels, and it possibly wouldn't provide enough power.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions for powering the device, given that
> it doesn't need to be solar as long as battery replacement was
> fortnightly, or know of any projects that have documented doing stuff
> like this.
>
> Kind Regards
> Luke John
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