Coop Camera?

[Longhornlove]

Does anyone have a camera set up in their coop? Kind of like a baby monitor where you can see them from in the house? We just thought it would fun.

 

[Longhornlove]

Does anyone have a camera set up in their coop? Kind of like a baby monitor where you can see them from in the house? We just thought it would fun.

 

[kimmykaboom]

Sorry away from the computer for a bit.. sounds like you got the word on WYZE, I'm sure pros and cons on them but yes at $26 a camera you can't beat it. I'll take some pictures and post them in a bit but it works out great. Depending on your skills and what else you'd like to run off the solar my plan was to run a fan and a security light along with these two cameras. Oh and the outside one we bought a case for it so for $10.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LZZMDSQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M0O0NN0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

This panel is overkill but I had bought it for something else and just had it sitting around so I tossed it on top of the coop and just used an old car battery for power storage. You can find smaller, cheaper batteries that are better for small voltage things but again these were just parts I had laying around. The charge controller has two USB plugs so you can run those for the cameras and the DC plugs for a fan etc. If you can stay away from AC products then you don't need a inverter to keep the costs down. I use the same controller in a VW camper van and it works just fine.

We are thinking of doing something similar, have you had any issues with the camera consuming more than the panel can charge?

 

[Jfarm123]

What cameras did you get?!

Yes.
Wyze cameras. I bought 6 for under $100.
You can set them to record on motion:

Manually record:

And take still shots:
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