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Unread 15-02-2012, 22:10
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Re: Wiring Ring Light?

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
What I'd really like to do is to get my hands on a supply of Ethernet jacks and mess around with tunneling power through a single patch cable from the electronics box to the camera, but that's not going to happen this year.
I've successfully powered the camera by patching into the unused pairs of an Ethernet cable near each end. It's not pretty, but if I can find some small panel-mount jacks I plan to try making an enclosure with two Ethernet jacks and four Anderson Powerpole connectors as a self-contained injector. The same device could be mounted at the other end to break out the connectors.

I've yet to test powering the ring light but will do that next.