Camera suggestions for outdoor, no power, no sun, no internet?

I have seen places mount cameras on a light pole and then pull power from the pole itself. Usually these power sources are around 277VAC so there will need to be a converter to drop the voltage down to your standard 110-120 VAC. So that would be your power source. Then use a point to point antenna to beam the video feeds back to the business which then records to the NVR.
 
lewic said:
I have seen places mount cameras on a light pole and then pull power from the pole itself. Usually these power sources are around 277VAC so there will need to be a converter to drop the voltage down to your standard 110-120 VAC. So that would be your power source. Then use a point to point antenna to beam the video feeds back to the business which then records to the NVR.
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And FWIW, that voltage is generally found on private property, from commercial buildings. If that's the case, you might get permission there but if it's a public property light pole I would not count on it. :cool:
 
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One issue with power pole lighting is that not all systems are powered on 100% of the time. Some use one photo cell to turn on/off a number of lights. Thus the power will only be available from sunset to sunrise.

If each light has its own photo cell, then power is most likely available 100% of the time.
 
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T-Halen said:
Want to mount two cameras outside to look at the entry doors of a business building.

Problems:
  • This is the north side of the building in Michigan, thus no sunlight for solar
  • There is no Internet in/at the building
  • There is no power nearby

I don't want to use battery powered trail cams (they look ugly).

Cellular is an option, but wondering if a cellular wifi hotspot might be better (financially) than putting multiple cams on a cellular account.

Solar panels would have to be mounted about 30 feet away in order to get direct sunlight.

The doors are on a public sidewalk, so there is the potential for a lot of false hits.

Anyone have any ideas? Google searches turn up too many options to make sense of the results.

Thanks.
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Look, mate, skip the ugly trail cams and the multiple SIM cards. Grab a couple of sleek battery cams with AI person detection to filter out the sidewalk noise, hook them both up to a single industrial 4G Wi-Fi router to save on data costs, and just run a 10-metre DC extension cable from your solar panels 30 feet away，without making your shopfront look like a mess.
 
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