How many power cables/adapters included?

[mwilliams2606]

How many power adapters/cables come with a 4 camera/base station bundle?  If I wanted all 4 cameras plugged into the wall all the time, I would need 4 cables and adapters, however, I cannot find that information anywhere on this site or Bestbuy.  

[jguerdat]

Only one charger and cable.  The cable can be any good quality one but the charger needs to be correct to enable the quick charge, not to mention charging in the first place.  Whether you want to risk using a 3rd party charger that supports Qualcomm quick charge is up to you but may well affect your warranty.

[mwilliams2606]

So it sounds like in order to not void the warrenty, I would need to buy $150.00 worth of batteries/chargers to keep the system plugged in?  I guess as long as I do not have any issues, it may be worth it, however the second I have a issue, it will be going back to the store.  I will be home for 3 weeks straight and plan to test it thoroughly.  I really hope it works out.  Thank you for the info.

[jguerdat]

If you just want them to be plugged in, a few folks are using normal 5v-only USB chargers capable of 2 amps with no apparent problems.  That will only run the camera and will not charge the battery.  If plugged in, you don't have to have the battery installed or, if you do, you can use it as a backup if power is lost.  Recharging would need be handled via an appropriate charger that supports 9v at 2 amps and that supports the battery's capabilities.

Note that none of the current powered capabilities are weatherproof - you'd have to do that on your own and at your own risk relative to warranty.  The Q camera is already powered but is not weatherproof and does work for motion detection through windows.

[Drake3287]

And as for plugging in the unit's for power. The longest microUSB cable that I was able to find (online at Amazon) was 15 feet. Worked for me luckily. I'm guessing 15 feet is the maximum distance for these type's of power cords.

[jguerdat]

The 15 foot limitation is due to signal degradation when using it to transfer data. I have that length with a repeater to use a wireless keyboard with a home theater PC in the basement since the keyboard wireless won't reliably reach. For power it could be less of an issue as long as the voltage drop isn't too big. Bigger wires help that.