O.T. 6 volt game camera battery

[Upper Peninsula,MI.]

Bought a 6 volt battery back for my game camera today. Consisting of a lead acid battery, QP6-10(6V10Ah/20Hr) Charger output is 9VDC@720mA,initial current less than 3.0A. I would like to use one of three 6 volt golf cart battery's I have, rated at 220 Amps or a 6volt tractor battery that is good but I don't know the Amps.Radio Shack in Marquette says they may have the parts but don't know how to build things to reduce the amperage low enough for the game camera to operate. I need help from my Electricly Sophisticated, knowledgable tractor friends. Can I reduce the amps to around 3-5 amps? If so, how and what parts are needed? Thanks in advance. Ron

 

[Bob]

A six-Volt battery is a six-Volt battery, as far as the game camera is concerned. As long as the battery VOLTAGE is correct, the canera will only draw the CURRENT it needs.

 

[Anonymous-0]

As long as the golf cart or tractor battery has the correct voltage for the camera, it should work as is.
Unless you intend to charge these batteries with the game camera charger, you should not have to add anything to power the camera from those batteries.
I would recharge those batteries with a conventional charger that can charge either deep cycle golf cart batteries or a conventional tractor starting battery. Do not charge them with the game camera connected.

 

[Upper Peninsula,MI.]

Bob, thanks for getting with me so quick. If I understand you correctly and I repeat, Having a larger sized 6 volt battery with way more amps will not burn out the game camera. Great and thanks again. I will be taking the battery pack back to Gander Mt. tomorrow for a refund.

 

[Upper Peninsula,MI.]

Jon. Thanks, I run my camp on 12 volts, using 6 volt Golf Cart batteries necessitating a lot of good charging equipment. The small lead acid battery that came with the battery pack is 6 volt and of course the golf cart and tractor batteries are 6 volt, just more amps. For whatever ill concieved reason I thought the higher amperage in the larger batteries would burn out the camera. Again I thank you all. I will now have a better longer lasting system taking pictures of deer & turkeys without needing recharging so often. Ron

 

[jon]

I will now have a better longer lasting system taking pictures of deer & turkeys without needing recharging so often. Ron

Please keep us updated on this. I'm curious to how long it will last. Mine eats up 8 AA's in no time!

 

[Sam#3]

Mr. Ohm said, "I=E/R." The value of E is fixed, the value of R is fixed then the value of I just happens. In other words current is DRAWN from the supply as required. Thats why the interior light on your car doesn't go poof when it's the only load on a battery with several hundred amperes of capacity
The one thing I would check is the tolerence of the input voltage of your camera. The nominal voltage of a lead acid cell is somewhere about 2.2v. The Phone Company floated their's at 2.17, and autos are floated at nearly 2.4. In either case a three cell battery is over 13v.
If the camera spec says input 6 +/- .5 I'd be careful about connecting a thirteen volt battery with almost an unlimited supply of current.
If you need a current limiting resistor any good Basic Electronics book will explain how to calculate the value of R then old faithful P=IE will give you the power requirement.
Good luck, you have a good idea but protect your Camera.

 

[gahorN]

He ain't connecting a 13 volt battery. He's connecting a SIX volt battery.

 

[Sam#3]

Yep, I tripped over my fingers in the second paragraph.
"A three cell battery is over six and a half volts."