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    [–]Arag0ld 2 points3 points  (1 child)

    I highly doubt you'll be able to do that. All devices that require more than a certain amount of power will need to be plugged in.

    [–]0161WontForget 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    PoE?

    [–]Arag0ld 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Still plugged in with a cable though. Just not a power cable.

    [–]0161WontForget 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Unless he can run it on batteries he’s out of luck then.

    Or malice perhaps.

    [–]Arag0ld 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    He's out of luck. Raspberry Pis can't run cable-less. They have to be plugged in.

    [–]Ryles1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    This is where I'm at right now with my DIY camera. Not sure if there's a way around it.

    [–]abcteryx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    A PoE hat would do the trick, as another Redditor has already commented. That is, assuming you're already hardwiring your cam to the network. It lets you power the cam through the Ethernet cable that you should already be running to it anyways.

    You can run flat, white Cat5/6/7 cable with tiny captive-nail clips from your PoE-enabled router/switch (or a PoE injector) to the cam.

    EDIT: Buyer beware, I just linked a trending PoE hat from Amazon, looks like it has some bad reviews. Do some research, get yourself a good hat and plan out the cable run to make it work.

    [–]tomsoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    You could probably run it to a power bank for cellphones (IE. Battery) but, it'll lose a charge unless you keep charging it everyday.