Wiring Arlo wire-free to solar panel

[thedogmonster]

I'm modding one of my arlo cameras to work with a Moultrie 6V solar panel. I found this method online made using a 12 Volt battery. I  can't tell in the photo or the drawing if that's a voltage regulator pot or a switch?  Shouldn't he have used :  a) a 6 Volt battery  and b) a 7806 chip? Someone commented already that he has the wrong capacitor and that he needs to upgrade it to  a  100uF.

 8Volt??

[thedogmonster]

The schematic for the above solar power setup

drawing

[TomMac]

The 7806 takes an input of 6-18v and will output 6v+/- the load

So yes he could use a 12v battery and output 6v ( not 8 with that chip )

If wired correctly the 6v should be ok but on the low end of what I would use...

( also prob need a heat sink , also the panel doesn't look like the game camera panel ? )

But IMO, you may be better off with a 6v gell cell ( which I have done ) BUT you prob need a controller ON THE PANEL SIDE...  solar cells typically  can put out in excess of 10v above their rating and without you can overcook a gell cell in a short time ( a 12v panel can make  20v +/- when load is low )

I used a 317 chip to output a panel as the output is adjustable in the curcuit. ( and I had one in junk bin )

Remember you could always test the camera with just a 6v gell cell, nothing else, to see if functioning suits you

then add to the build.

[TomMac]

Edit...

Looking at the picture closer...yes he is Using a 7808 which will give you 8v out.

8v is the voltage I would use, so that part is ok... the OEM batteries when new are 3.2v each or 6.4 total... the cam also workes on 3.7v li-ions with are about 4.18v after charge...so you would see  aprox 8.4v.

6v is enough to work all but it may read not full on the battery.