Captain_Claptrap
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I have a 180watt solar panel atop my ~25' tall box blind, wide open to the North East Georgia sun. It is connected to a Renogy Adventurer 30A controller with a bank of 2 Alpha Cell 4.0 batteries. There is a Harbor Freight inverter (don't flame me please) that is providing outlets to power a Reolink 8 channel 4 camera DVR system (power supply is rated at 90 watts but is probably much less since I'm only using half (4) out of the 8 possible PoE cameras). Also plugged in is a 20 watt wifi router. Plugged into the usb port of the Renogy is a small Alcatel hotspot device providing internet connectivity so that I can get instant notifications and video.
I'm a little concerned because this setup worked initially and recorded all night. But over time I began noticing late night video not recording. Now I can see from the video playback that the unit isn't recording much after it gets dark, so there's some storage going on, but not much.
I guess I'm looking for guidance on what is most likely going on. Are my batteries not the best for what I'm doing (I don't know a lot about them--got them 2nd hand). I knjow some of my wiring isn't the best (alligator clips instead of permanent terminals), but I don't know how much that could be contributing. What should I be looking at first, second and third (etc)?
I'm a little concerned because this setup worked initially and recorded all night. But over time I began noticing late night video not recording. Now I can see from the video playback that the unit isn't recording much after it gets dark, so there's some storage going on, but not much.
I guess I'm looking for guidance on what is most likely going on. Are my batteries not the best for what I'm doing (I don't know a lot about them--got them 2nd hand). I knjow some of my wiring isn't the best (alligator clips instead of permanent terminals), but I don't know how much that could be contributing. What should I be looking at first, second and third (etc)?