120 v,ac security cam on a generator

my brain is flipping melted from trying to get Mrs T's new replacement cell phone to work. all that is connecting right now is that calculating run time if you have a watt hour rating is a simple straightforward equation: divide watt hours by the watts of your load to get estimated runtime.

Unfortunately, my ISP through my cellphone has just done its monthly throttling back down to such a slow speed after my minutes run out that I also cannot get certain links to load at the moment. (I use a cellphone to get on the internet, like here at the citadel)

But, anyway, i made the mistake of switching cameras used in this story as I wrote this initially without seeing that the Argus is not PoE. The other camera that I wrote about initially is PoE. I think it was a CX410 or some such thing. But, like I say, I cannot load the link to confirm.

The other thing I didn't originally mention is that I have already purchased a couple ReoLink cameras for home use called Lumus. And, like you say, they are WiFi rather than PoE and their night vision is based upon IR.

This ColorX night vision offered in the CX410 and the Argus is much, much different... to use a phrase, different as night and day from the Lumus "night vision".

But anyway, I "dial in" to the Lumus through my cellphone via the App and WiFi. I cannot wire directly to my cellphone that I ever saw, as I think you are describing.

The Argus 4 Pro is something that I'd need to buy before I see what ports there are, but since I now see that it is indeed another WiFi camera and not PoE (like the CX410 that I originally intended), I'd have to assume that the Argus 4 pro doesn't have any ports on it that I could directly wire to either.

So, the night vision that you describe is not similar to what I intend to use. And, the wiring directly to a cellphone is not possible with either a Lumus or a CX410 (the cameras I am familiar with) and I doubt you can directly wire a cellphone to the Argus 4 Pro either.

So, I'm back to needling the router. And then also needing the inverter as well.

The router that I currently use for the ReoLink Lumus has both Wifi and a port that a PoE camera can use, the ethernet port.

Very helpful tip! I'll carefully get an exact handle on the total watts the router "system" uses (router and camera, whether a PoE which rides on router for power or a WiFi cam which will have seperate wattage, plugging directly into the inverter for power feed instead)

Those total watts, whatever they'll be times the number of hours desired should be the true Watt hours... so long as the rating the inverter declares is real and correct everything should be ok.

Thank you very much!

Looking forward to getting nighttime outside views of the sky on trips out west to western Nebraska.

Are you saying instead of the Jackery style or very similar to (basically just get the Jackery itself or such type)...

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Any examples of the "battery power station" ... or do you trust I'll successfully find it using those search words?

I have my router/modem on an APC 600VA battery backup system. That system is able to keep my internet and wifi going for about 1 hour if I loose power. I think that thing will do about 100WH.

You are also running a lot more than just a single mode. So I would estimate 2-3 hours of runtime on a 270 WH battery pack. So I think at a minimum, you would need to look for a larger battery if you want to keep it all running for 8+ hours. You would have to get some power requirements for everything or do some testing to see how much you would need.

IF all you are trying to do is to keep power to the camera, you could greatly slim down your power demands by turning the PoE off at the router, and just using it as a basics router. Then get a PoE injector to provide the power for the camera. Just the injector would be on the battery supplying power to the camera. That way you are only powering that one item, not everything.

PoE Injector example: www.amazon.com/dp/B07V24C4M8

wv is talking about using a big battery not necessarily a big inverter. I’m talking about using a small inverter running off whatever size battery you need to get the run time you want.

The Jackery is just an inverter and battery in one box. It is used as a back-up power supply to keep your computer and other electronics operating in the event of a power failure. An inverter is a device that converts DC battery voltage, usually 12 Volts, to 120 Volts AC just like you get from a regular power outlet. That way, you can run anything that you would normally plug into the wall from a battery. PoE is a method of powering external eithernet devices directly from the LAN (CAT-6) cable without requiring external power to be supplied to the device. That way you only need one cable supplying both a data connection and also power to the device. PoE is normally 48 volts DC. Some modems, routers and switches also supply PoE power to the external devices through the LAN cable. This is why bluetooth and Wi-Fi devices can not be PoE. There in no LAN wire and thus no way of supplying power. These devices always have some type of external power connection. Either they plug directly into 120 Volt AC outlet (or an inverter) or they use some type of wall-wart to convert the 120 Volts AC to a lower voltage DC that is actually used to run the device. If the device operates from a 12 Volt DC wall-wart, you can eliminate the wall-wart completely and run the device directly from a 12 Volt battery. The problem with most devices that supply PoE is that they either require to be plugged directly into a 120 Volt AC supply (wall plug or inverter) or if they do use a wall-wart, it is usually something more like 48 Volts DC. Thus you can not eliminate the wall-wart and operated these devices directly from a battery. You can, of course, still plug the wall-wart into an inverter and then run the inverter from a battery.

A PoE inserter is just a simple device that supplies PoE power to an external eithernet device through the LAN cable. You use it if you require PoE but your modem, router or switch doesn't already supply it.

Hope this clears things up a little.

Yes. I do see quite a few review complaints (fewer than two stars) where consumers complain about the components of the battery itself. A few complaint specifically mention not liking the lithium formula and suggest other supposedly superior formulas.

So, okay. It's better for a number of reasons to get the correct inverter separately and then also subsequently find a very good battery.

If this is true, I may already have the battery (though I doubt it) it's a 48 volt 20 Amp Hour battery for my ebike.

Then there is my friend Roger who asked if I just wanted to borrow his inverter that he connects to his vehicle for powering devices (AC) on his road trips. He suggests this because he now understands that I'm merely trying to make a portable camera system that goes with me on road trips based upon security cameras more commonly used at home in your house, on its AC outlets.

Unfortunately, since I'm basically after these security camera's "ColorX" feature, I'm stuck trying to build a portable AC power system that appropriately mimics what these cameras require. And doubly unfortunately I haven't yet decided upon the CX410 PoE camera, or the Argus 4 Pro WiFi camera... I did recently discover that the Argus 4 Pro is battery operated. So NO outlet required for that one.

And, as I think I mentioned, I need to go through a router some way in order to reach my cellphone via wifi. That's just how these security cameras work in order to provide playback or a "viewfinder" during recording.

What on earth is a Wall Wart!?

I don't understand how PoE injector helps. Since my cellphone cannot ever be disconnected from the camera, so I'd need to router to always be functional to do that. If I understood that the injector was an idea to occasionally eliminate the router??

it occurs to me to question what it is you are using the camera to record, and under what conditions. we're sitting here trying to assemble components for you without knowing what you want them to do.