Have you tried the dual power bank or the 3358 D cell external packs? My remote cameras run 150 to 180 on the external pack before it goes dead and switches to the cameras internal batteries.
There's a great 86 page thread about Cuddelink cameras on Habitat Talk. Pretty much any question you would have has been answered.
http://habitat-talk.com/index.php?threads/cuddebacks-cuddelink.7859/
That's the same system I've been running. It worked great until there was a good canopy of leaves. Cameras that were on the edges of fields getting good sunlight ran forever but anything in the woods wasn't getting enough charge from solar to make a difference so I unplugged and took off the...
I bought 2 packs of larger panels from Harbor Freight for $20 and put 12v batteries with regulators in small plastic ammo boxes. I put them as high as I could reach in the tree and the deer didn't seem to notice them. The problem with any solar system though is in the woods during the...
You can run an external battery without batteries in the camera but you'll get more life with the rechargeables in it too. Just make sure you have a 9V regulator.
I went through several variations of chargers and batteries with J series. What I know for sure is if you run an external battery source and use anything but rechargeables in the camera it will fry the batteries. The best combination I found was a larger solar panel running to an external 12V...
I already had 5 from some HME 12v battery packs with built in solar panels I used with Stealth Cams so it was just easier for me than getting new 6v batteries. If you’re good with a soldering iron the HME units have a circuit board with a flat 3 prong 12v regulator soldered in. You can remove...
That’s pretty much my setup exactly. A cheap plastic ammo box with a solar charger and a 12v battery stepped down to 6v with a regulator I bought on Amazon. I just took all my cameras down and they had been running 3 months with this setup.
I started with J Series Long Range IR with the Cuddeback solar panels but still couldn't get 6 weeks out of a set of batteries. I still have 2 G series and they are superior cameras in my opinion. They run on D cells and can use the Cuddeback battery booster. I'm over 3 months on the internal D...