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Originally Posted by Rabbit222
Has anyone who used a 12V. AC adapter have any problems with the lights dimming out after about 4 minutes or so? My team has had this problem for the past two years now. We've checked our wire setup many times and we can't find anything that could be causing the problem. We are running through a large terminal block and that may be the cause of the problem, but we are not sure. We haven't gotten the chance to change it out yet. Also are there any teams who have florescent lights in their buildings? We have them and we cannot program very well because of the poor lighting. If you have this problem, how do/did you best get around it? We would really like to have a camera this year. 
~Rabbit 222 |
I think your problem with your light dimming after a few minutes is that you don't have a sufficient supply of power. I would recommend at least a 1500mA power supply. Also, we have florescent lighting in our building, as I would suspect most teams have and we don't have any problems. I'm thinking that your lights start off dim and just get dimmer, causing your camera to not see the light very well. We use one of our old
ILLEGAL
batteries and it works fine for about 4 hours without dimming, and then it takes about 2 hours to charge back up. You can purchase a 12V power regulator and put 2 batteries in series and it will give you a steady level of light, just make sure your voltage regulator can handle 30 volts. I say 30 volts because when you charge a battery, the voltage is above 12 volts, and 15 volts should be the maximum voltage your battery should ever get. Hopefully this helps...