question about the solar/12v/battery box

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Guy Haupt

• September 05, 2023 16:50

Hi, I have the spartan ghost. and i was thinking about buying the 12v external battery/battery box/solar panel package for it. does the 12v battery and the solar panel plug into each other then plugs into the camera? and do i remove the AA batteries, also what do i put the setting for power source on in the settings? Thanks for any info. 

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  John Lockburner

  • September 05, 2023 17:15
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  The panel plugs into the battery box and then the box plugs into the camera. You don't have to remove the batteries in the camera but I do, you really don't need them. You would set the battery type to 12 sla.

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  Guy Haupt

  • September 05, 2023 21:46

  John, I just checked the camera battery settings and which one do I select to use the 12v external battery and solar panel

  AA

  12v lead-acid

  solar

  AA+12v lead acid

  AA+solar

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • September 05, 2023 22:19

  12V lead-acid. The camera only sees the 12V battery. It doesn’t know that the 12V battery is being charged by the solar panel (and it doesn’t matter).

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  John Lockburner

  • September 06, 2023 10:24

  Like Liz said you want the 12v lead acid, SLA stands for sealed lead acid. 

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  Guy Haupt

  • September 06, 2023 11:03

  thank you Liz and John for the help. 

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  Marie Schatz

  • April 04, 2024 00:06

  If you leave AA batteries in as backup ((I will not be able to go fix anything once set up) do you select AA +12v lead acid?

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • April 04, 2024 00:30

  Yes. I would not use alkaline batteries, though, because they may leak if they are left as long as you hope you don’t have to touch the camera.

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