Remotely Charge Your Battery Powered Security Cameras (Goodby Ladder!)

In this this tutorial I show how you I crafted my own extended length USB cabling and took some Wi-Fi enabled smart plugs and created my own remote controlled charging
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Contents of this Video (jump to your section)
00:00 Intro
00:42 Parts Layout
03:25 Cable Length Measuring & Cutting
05:04 USB Connectors
06:40 Pre Soldering USB Type A
07:34 Round Heat Shrink Tubing
08:26 Soldering USB Type A
08:50 Hoaning
09:43 Applying Heat Shrink to Shell Body
10:30 Micro USB Connector
13:44 Test the DIY Cable
15:20 Wi-Fi Smart Plug
16:25 Cable Management and Cabling Installation
18:21 Smart App Review and Remote Demo
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[@hellobri4n]

Great video! How long is your USB cable run? Any noticeable voltage drop?

[@TheChemistDIY]

Thanks Brian, to answer your question I didn't measure the voltage from end to end. My runs very in length but nothing went over the supplied 66 foot cable length I purchased. At most I would say the longest run was around 56 feet with Cable from each reel left over.
The charge time is no different from the manual process is what I have notice so I haven't really lost anything except having to take down the cameras every month which was the real pain.
One thing I do love is that I can now power charge the cameras and consistently view each using Tinycam Pro on my 55" TV and NVida shield as a viewing station and not have to worry about draining the batteries. So this DIY has many benefits aside from just charging.