Hello everyone, looks like we will start on building our dream home this year. I do want to set up a raspberry for automated photo shooting from the construction site. One picture per day is enough, I do want to create a timelapse video afterwards. The new neighbour is a friend, he allowed me to set up the camera in his house facing the construction site. Only problem he does not have a power supply at his window…
Anyone having experience with a solar module and a battery to power the raspi? Feel free to share your jdeas!
How long before power is available on the job site? I have been involved in building houses and the power panel is the first wall to be built so that power is available to the crew. Could you strap the device to a tree and power off of a car battery until the on site power is available?
Using a large external power source with a power on/off timer, running only during daylight hours could save lots of watts.
I’ve looked into solar for a bird house camera and it was not a trivial project when you get to the short winter days and potentially cloudy skies.