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Battery Packs for X-10 Cameras?

Posted by Cliff on from the liberation-from-the-wallwart dept.

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."

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  1. hmm.. by seann · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At radioshack we had wireless cameras simular to X10's (In a way) that also had battery packs! We slammed them on some RC vechicals, threw them in the roof to lay some wire.

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    1. Re:hmm.. by tps12 · · Score: 3, Funny

      I assume this was followed by a round of high fives.

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  2. X10 Eavesdropping by c0wh · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Considering how easy it is to intercept X10 transmissions, why would you want to bother?

    (registration required) Here's an article at the New York Times with a little more detail.

  3. What, you bought one? by alnapp · · Score: 3, Funny

    So, you're the one who makes X-10 think their pop up frenzy advertising will work.

    Burn the heretic

    only half ;-)ing

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  4. It's really quite simple by crazeded · · 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). You might want details on the wiring for hooking it up, too.

  5. Re:X10 cameras are a signal of cultural change by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The only people I know with one use it to watch their kids. When their kids are playing in the den they can "spy" on them from the kitchen TV. A novelty at first, now they only use it when they hear screams from the den, to see which kid is hitting which so they can add the correct name when they yell "Knock it off!" Much better than when I was a kid, and Mom always blamed the wrong brother.

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