Digital Stealth external battery

Indiana Dude · 05-29-2005, 08:42 PM

Anyone seen the lead acid battery Stealth is now selling for use with the digital cams?
Anyone tried one? Do they plug into the solar panel jack?

Indiana Dude · 06-03-2005, 07:53 PM

Nobody? I guess I`m gonna have to give it a try.

James Vee · 06-04-2005, 07:22 PM

I haven't had experience with the new ones, but I've used extenal 12V batteries to run my DIGXRC stealth cams.

Indiana Dude · 06-04-2005, 10:18 PM

How did you hook it up? Do you have to leave the regular batts in it when using an external?

James Vee · 06-05-2005, 08:47 AM

It was real simple actually. I just took a wire that would plug into the 12V input at the bottom of the camera, cut it off and hooked up each end to the pos and neg terminals on a 12V marine battery. If the pos and neg sides were hooked up backwards, when you turn the cam on it would give you a low battery signal (because you are actually pulling juice from the camera). If you hooked it up correctly, the cam would turn on normally. And yes, you must have batteries in the camera at this time. What I found to work nice is to use low batteries in the cam, so when you turn on the cam you get a low battery signal. Then hook up your external battery, and if done correctly that low battery signal will be gone.

Indiana Dude · 06-05-2005, 01:27 PM

Great, thanks! Thats the info I`ve been looking for!

James Vee · 06-05-2005, 02:34 PM

No problem. I could show you websites with diagrams and what not, but it's so simple you should not need them. Be careful with the plug at the bottom of your cam though. You're going to want to push in farther than you should, or farther than the cam will allow. It's going to seem like your plug isn't in all the way, when it is. Just eyeball it and you will know what I'm saying. Good luck, let me know how it works out.

Indiana Dude · 06-05-2005, 04:37 PM

Cool , thanks. I`ve done a little research on this before and called stealth asking them if this could be
done and of course they said "no way". The guy told me that thew camera would burn up and that
is was not designed for 12v use. So I asked him why then does the plug on the bottom
of the camera say 12v on it and I just got the run around. He just wanted me to buy the
solar panel.
Now I just have to find a wire/plug that will work. I`ve tried to find just the plug but it looks
like the only way I can buy one is if I get the solar panel or external battery kit.
Surely Radio Shack would have something.
I`ll let you know how it works out. Thanks again!

doughboysigep · 06-13-2005, 03:50 PM

I have one of the new 3.0 MP Stealths (got if for free because my 1.3 MP sucked so bad). Not much happier with the 3.0, but haven't used it much. One thin I did notice, is that the solar panel will not charge the batteries in the new 3.0!!! don't ask me why - but I think good ole Stealth wants to sewll a lot of those battery kits - one big scam!!!