Not the cheapest, but still a good price if you were in the market for a solar panel for your eufy cameras.
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They are just solar panels with a usb connection , nothing really proprietary. The only extra things eufy give are rubber grommets that seal the connection point for different cameras.
I bought the Kogan solar panel for $30 and it works just fine.
I bought one from eBay for $20 and works perfectly.
Hi @Savitar
Could you please provide me the link to it? I am looking to buy some.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/384525377511
Its not what he brought. But I use this one and it works perfectly fine.
Just put 4 more up at my mums house and they are working great too.
Do these come with grommets to weather seal?
@diggityfish: Little rubber pieces to seal the charging compartment so they don’t get water and debris in there.
@PilonDo: Oh not that I can see, there is the seal on the camera itself (on the bottom) that you undo to keep this plugged in. Otherwise can't speak to what is on the other end / Solar panel end.
FWIW - mine has been up a year now in Victoria - so plenty of rain with no issues.
Thanks!
same. I got 4 for $78 and they have been working great for more than a year.
I got this one: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225282226466
Something like this:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/315056588430?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mk…
There is a common complaint that if you aim them directly at the sun they don’t charge so if that’s the case, just angle the panel away and it charges fine.
Optimum solar panel angle is based on the latitude of the location e.g Sydney is 33.86 degrees, so solar panels should be at 34 degree angle for optimum performance.
Regardless of the angle so longer as the surface of the solar panel is exposed to direct sunlight for a reasonable period of daylight your camera battery is likely to be 100% charged everday. This is based on the camera being set to event recording and not continuous.
Seems to me that the only prerequisite for a solar panel to charge the battery in a battery powered camera is the correct connector and appropriate voltage and current output, charging regulation is usually in the camera circuitry not the charging source.
And if you use a non-Eufy panel, you'll void the warranty on the cam Picked up one of these this morning Bunnings has same price, but had an Amazon Voucher, and Cashrewards should give 5% cashback Already have 2 of these panels for a year and work great no climbing up and down ladders to The S40 Solarcam is great too!cams.
How would they know you used a non eufy panel?
Maybe from history on charge controller Many cams gave inbuilt memory
It's just a charge. It could.be from a wall powered charger. There's no specific information provided by the solar panel to inform the manufacturer what you used to charge it with.
Ah you think the charger type is sent over the USB connection?
Can it distinguish between a cable plugged into my $5 wall charger and this panel? Probably not. Been using those on eBay for 1.5 years and totally fine, all cameras stay at 100% charged.
yep! packs of 4 for under $100
I've got 4 that look exactly like this with no issues
All good I cant wait to get my authentic Eufy Solar Panel I perused Temu where they are dirt cheap, but given my multiple experiences with Temu lies about solar panels being 200 or 300 then being 20 or 30 watts respectively, its a no brainer
Link?
I meant I avoided Temu dirt cheap Eufy wannabee panels and bought the real thing ,so sorry no link
If you connect a solar panel to your Eufy camera remember to go to the camera’s settings and set it to solar
Thanks for the tip
I have looked in to this for a bit but not pulled the trigger. I believe from what I have read some of the higher voltage panels can cause the Eufy Cameras to stop charging, presumably to protect themselves. I have seen some on Ali exprerss which were 6v, others were 6v from memory. Based on comments there I assume there are voltage sensors and charging will stop. I think this explains some of the comments above RE panel placement. Eg if pointed optimally the voltage will be too high and cams will stop charging. put it in a non optimal orientaiton and the voltage drops enough to facilitate charging. I dont have the links at hand, Has anyone else experienced similar??
You can get 4v.
Only have experience wit hEufy ORIGINAL panels and they work perfectly with Eufy Cam L40 and 3c Hey I've spent $400 or so on "solar panels" from Ebay and Temu that promise they are 250 W, 300W or 120 W and I've noticed from usage the Chinese re-sellers add a zero to the rated wattage at end, so in effect Ive purchased 25W, 30W, 12W panels 3 times bitten, never never again non-authentic! Caveat emptor ' I've spent thousands on my multiple Eufycams, so I'm not going to ruin then with non-compliant fakes Just my 10 cents' worth
"solar panels" from Ebay and Temu that promise they are 250 W, 300W or 120 W
You gotta apply the "too good to be true" test. Similar to "2TB micro SD card" for $19.
Also those solar panels would need to be absolutely massive to generate hundreds of Watts.
Have these got some proprietary connection cable on them?