Run DC+fiber for power + connectivity.  That's the only way I would do it.

On Sat, May 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote:

> You need to bury a bunch of wire to power all these devices.  I'd
> probably look at trenching a bunch of Cat-6 and power wire with multiple
> switches to make that work.  We did this for up to about 1/2 mile and I
> think about 10 switches powering radios/cameras.
>
> Rory
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM Jan-GAMs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I want to power multiple cameras to watch for trespassers on a country
>> road 1500ft away.  It's heavy forest and no good spots for solar
>> panels.  The most convenient tree is 20ft down a ravine and then
>> vertical climb of about 30ft.  Radios won't work due to the forest
>> otherwise I'd choose that.  Batteries won't work cause I'd need to
>> change the batteries often and access to change them is near impossible.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
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