Ghost battery question

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jared carter
Does the ghost cam use the actual internal battery and then the AA and or the AA first. And or do they work together. Do the ghost camera battles last longer then the go cam?? Can u use some of my old 6v battery’s and hook up for external power? As I have several of the large ones. Trying to decide if the Ghost cams are worth the extra cost. Thanks for any help y’all could give me!
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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    The Ghost runs off the internal lithium. All other power sources (AA, external 12V, solar) feed the internal. 

    I don’t know of any comparison between GoCam and Ghost batteries.

    Ghost is 12V, GoCam is 6V. I’m not an electrical person so I don’t know if there’s a way to wire 6V batteries together to make them 12V but someone will probably know. 

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  • jared carter

    Ok so with that being said then I would think with the internal battery and then plus 12 AA batteries it should last a long time.
    Sometimes I get hogs and they stay all night and so I end up with hundreds of pictures and didn’t want to just consistently be running down AA batteries.
    That’s why I use large 12ah 6v battery’s now in my go cams. As they last way longer the the 12AA in my go cams

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Since you’re dealing with hogs, maybe increase the trigger interval? The internal battery is 5300 mAh, so it’s not huge. It charges from the AA or external 12V or solar panel. If you have decent sun, putting a solar panel on a Ghost may help a lot, but hundreds of pics at night is a problem.

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  • jared carter

    Can I use a 12v solar that I use on deer feeder? As I have a few of them. I know there smaller but would help. Maybe I could figure out what wire I need to make this happen, from the 12v deer feeder solar to camera

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  • John Lockburner

    You can but those panels are usually very small and I'm not sure how much it's going to help. Do you know the wattage of the panel?

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    You need at least a 10W panel. Deer feeder solar isn’t going to be powerful enough.

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  • jared carter

    I’m
    Not sure John. I’ll check.
    I understand it’s not a large 10w but was hoping maybe would help and Help last longer.
    Thank y’all for all the help!
    I guess I might be better off getting some 12v Rechargeable deer Feeder batteries and using them as external battery.
    Do y’all know if the ghost cams come with the battery cable for that option?

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  • John Lockburner

    They don't come with the cable but you can order one. You can also try the panel and see how it does.

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  • Elizabeth Swoope

    Deer feeder batteries aren’t going to help a lot. Get standard 12V batteries (18 Ah or larger) and a good charger.

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