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Post by terrifictom on Nov 7, 2022 15:59:09 GMT -6
My tactacams are not sending pics as they should. Today my son went out and walked within 10 ft of the camera. it did not send any pic. Batteries are 50%. Signal strength is full bars. I sent a note to customer service again. I went through this months ago with them. My 2 cams up north havent sent pics in days so has me suspicious on those too. 50 percent batteries won't work. The 50 percent is the percentage the last time camera checked in. Hunting now but I will explain later.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 7, 2022 19:13:52 GMT -6
I got pics later today off that cam.
interested to hear though
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Post by terrifictom on Nov 7, 2022 20:07:36 GMT -6
I got pics later today off that cam. interested to hear though Ok if I remember right you use alkaline batteries. Tactacams need a minimum of 7.2 volts to function properly. The maximum voltage is 13.8 volts which is what a fully maxed 12 volt battery. The tactacam with the battery setup they have is 9 volts when you use alkaline batteries. Take 50 percent of 9 volts and you are down to 4.5 volts, not good. The reason your camera started working again is with the makeup of alkaline batteries will recover some what and voltage will go up enough to let your camera take pics again. As soon as the camera takes multiple pics in a short time the battery level will go down and camera will stop taking pics. Tactacam chose to make cameras compact thus using 9 volt system. If they would add 4 AA batteries and make it a true 12 volt system a lot of battery problems would go away. This is why I have external 12 volt 12 ah battery packs on my Tactacams.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 7, 2022 22:46:52 GMT -6
Well,,,, son of a..... Interesting....
Sure would be nice if Tactacam customer service would toss that out as a possibility..... they asked me if I am using approved SD cards.... :/
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 8, 2022 1:56:44 GMT -6
I got pics later today off that cam. interested to hear though Ok if I remember right you use alkaline batteries. Tactacams need a minimum of 7.2 volts to function properly. The maximum voltage is 13.8 volts which is what a fully maxed 12 volt battery. The tactacam with the battery setup they have is 9 volts when you use alkaline batteries. Take 50 percent of 9 volts and you are down to 4.5 volts, not good. The reason your camera started working again is with the makeup of alkaline batteries will recover some what and voltage will go up enough to let your camera take pics again. As soon as the camera takes multiple pics in a short time the battery level will go down and camera will stop taking pics. Tactacam chose to make cameras compact thus using 9 volt system. If they would add 4 AA batteries and make it a true 12 volt system a lot of battery problems would go away. This is why I have external 12 volt 12 ah battery packs on my Tactacams. is ambient temperature a major factor in battery function with alkaline batteries?
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Post by terrifictom on Nov 8, 2022 6:15:48 GMT -6
Ok if I remember right you use alkaline batteries. Tactacams need a minimum of 7.2 volts to function properly. The maximum voltage is 13.8 volts which is what a fully maxed 12 volt battery. The tactacam with the battery setup they have is 9 volts when you use alkaline batteries. Take 50 percent of 9 volts and you are down to 4.5 volts, not good. The reason your camera started working again is with the makeup of alkaline batteries will recover some what and voltage will go up enough to let your camera take pics again. As soon as the camera takes multiple pics in a short time the battery level will go down and camera will stop taking pics. Tactacam chose to make cameras compact thus using 9 volt system. If they would add 4 AA batteries and make it a true 12 volt system a lot of battery problems would go away. This is why I have external 12 volt 12 ah battery packs on my Tactacams. is ambient temperature a major factor in battery function with alkaline batteries? Yes temperature can factor in also but it hasn't been a factor yet at this time of year. Middle of summer heat and middle of winter cold can factor in on overall performance of alkaline batteries.
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Post by nitro27 on Nov 13, 2022 17:36:11 GMT -6
Tactacam - Poor performance lately, updates seem to have worsen performance. Cams take 1-5 hours to send photos when sent on timely. Not acceptable!! My older MoultrieMobile cam take 1-5 minutes.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 13, 2022 17:57:35 GMT -6
My 3 tactscams dont send shit now. Pics are on the cards.. so they arent dead. Grrrr
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Post by terrifictom on Nov 13, 2022 18:08:18 GMT -6
My 3 tactscams dont send shit now. Pics are on the cards.. so they arent dead. Grrrr Your batteries may have enough juice to take pic but it takes more juice to send the pic which is probably happening with your camera.
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Post by nitro27 on Nov 14, 2022 8:32:31 GMT -6
New lithium batteries. Works one day then doesn’t for a few days.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Nov 18, 2022 9:28:15 GMT -6
Cool pic I thought
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Post by Freeborn on Nov 18, 2022 9:47:14 GMT -6
Cool pic I thought Nice, looks like a Redlin print.
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Post by nitro27 on Nov 21, 2022 17:14:05 GMT -6
She didn't know she was on cam!!
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 21, 2022 17:18:12 GMT -6
Haa
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Post by Bwoods11 on Nov 21, 2022 19:24:06 GMT -6
Doe fight !
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