Battery Packs for X-10 Cameras? 34
dustinc20 asks: "I dont know if this is the right area, but being as this is a geek site I'd ask my fellow geeks if anyone knows a way to build a battery pack for one of those X-10 cameras. It has a frequency encoder(?) in the power supply and this makes it more complicated than just supplying 12vDC."
hmm.. (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:hmm.. (Score:3, Funny)
X10 Eavesdropping (Score:3, Interesting)
(registration required) Here's an article [nytimes.com] at the New York Times with a little more detail.
Re:X10 Eavesdropping (Score:1)
Re:X10 Eavesdropping (Score:1)
I don't need to worry about people spying on me, because I'm pretty sure anyone who spent any amount of time doing that would die of boredom.
Re:diaper_tales! (Score:1)
yes yes (Score:1)
Re:X10 cameras are a signal of cultural change (Score:3, Interesting)
What, you bought one? (Score:3, Funny)
Burn the heretic
only half
X10 protocol (Score:1)
The X-10 protocol used the 60Hz power as it's carrier, right? That's how it sends controls to the camera telling it when to broadcast, what frequency, etc.
So you question must be asking, how to bypass the controls, and always broadcast, as if it's been initialized by battery?
I dunno. All those damn pop-under ads still make me want to jump up and down on the cameras instead of trying to find you a real answer.
Well, make sure when you find them... (Score:2, Funny)
Advertise the hell out of them with annoying pop-up ads!
Whoops, that idea's already taken!
It's really quite simple (Score:5, Informative)
Seeing as how I did this very thing last night... just grab 8 AA batteries and a holder, then connect the holder to the camera/transmitter. Absolutely no funkiness, just plain 12 volts.
Of course, you can also replace the crappy camera with a decent one (try Supercircuits [supercircuits.com]). You might want details on the wiring [aeinnovations.com] for hooking it up, too.
I'd just like to reinforce this. (Score:2)
Definitely no good for the sexual hijinx implied by the ads. It might be acceptable as a surveilance camera to show stuff happening in real time, but I wouldn't count on getting evidence out of the horrid, grainy images.
If it worked as well as the pictures in the ads imply, it would actually be a great toy (and I'd probably own a few). But it doesn't even come within screaming distance of decent quality.
Whether you want the camera for spying or good dirty fun, it's simply not - ahem - up to the challenge.
D
please buy more of these. (Score:1)
4AA Batteries... (Score:1)
Voltage doubler (Score:1)
Just do what another poster did and get enough batteries to make a 12V DC supply. Remember that you can't switch it on or off once you do this since the switiching mechanism is built into the wall wart.
9 volt (Score:2)
Works fine. I use it all the time on little RC cars. Lots of fun.
Also tried a 1 pint 12 volt lead battery - ran for like 3 days with the one I used. RC car had a little trouble hefting the battery though.
Of course, I'm not going to accept any blame if you fry yours.
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huh? (Score:2)
Blimp (Score:1)