Can the system run on a car battery.?
511044
Sorry, don't know but Simplisafe customer and tech service awesome and can help.
511045
Not to my knowledge. This isn't hard wired into the house. It's self contained batteries. The base unit does plug-in but, it too has an internal battery that is supposed to last 8 hours in case of a power outage. We have a marine battery with an adapter to allow us to 'plug-in' as we live in hurricane country. The individual components all are supposed to have a battery life of a year...easily replaced.
511046
Buy a UPS of the type you use on your computer. All functions are there. Size it to how long a power failure you want to ride through.
511047
The base station needs 110 volts. It has rechargable battery back up built in the will work for a few days if the power goes out. All the sensors have 5 year lithium batteries in them so no other power source is needed. I suppose you could use a 12 volt battery attached to a 110 volt inverter to power the base station. I would call the manufacturer and ask to make sure.
511048
Everything runs off batteries except the base station it runs off an outlet but has a back up battery in case of power outage so even they cut the power and phone it still works as far as a car battery mabye u could get a converter from a auto parts store sorry about the punctuation hope this helps
511049
Yes, but no... Here's the deal: If you want to run on a large batter as a backup, you need to get a deep cycle marine battery. They are made for deep discharges. Car batteries are not. Once you have deep cycle 12 volt battery, you need to get a pure sine wave inverter. Connect battery to inverter, then you can plug the SimpleSafe into the inverter. IF you do this, you need to have a meter so you can judge the charge level of the battery. Don't go below 50%. That means don't go below 12 volts. Charge back to 12.7 volts. A simpler solution is to get a deep cycle battery and a solar panel and charge controller. Connect the solar to the charge controller and battery and inverter, then you'll have a solar backup.
511050
The inverter is probably unnecessary. If the base unit works off of a "wall wart" then you can substitute a 12 DC universal power adapter (cheap - like $15) that is both cheaper and much more efficient than a 12v DC to 110 AC inverter.CyberPower CPUDC1U2000 3-12V 2000mAh DC Universal Power Adapter with 2.1A USB Charging Port
2195033
I have mine ran through the factory dash switch. You could run it directly to a 12 volt battery, but I strongly encourage putting an inline fuse in.
922835
Yes it does and works fine. But keep your car running because it may run down your battery otherwise.
888368
I can't see why not either. While driving, this gadget and the car's battery are both being charged by the car's system, which has many times the necessary output to run everything all by itself. You wouldn't want to use the inverter when you were charging the battery from the wall charger, but there's no reason to try that in the first place.
1528836
Yes, if you use it with your car turned off. As long as the engine's running your battery won't be drained.
1877632
I don't think you could run 12 off of 1 battery but then again I'm not a electiacal expert the ones I have run off a car battery and how I have them wired I can turn them on with out the key in the ignition and they run for about 18 hours before it kills the battery I know it's 18 from experience
376885
Yes, it will run on a battery. I have used it in a storage area without power. It uses a 9V battery.
906458
Yes....be sure and use isolation diode between battery and charging system as not to run down vehicle start battery
1943358
Yes, but because of the voltage requirements make sure you use the device while the vehicle is running or you risk quickly depleting the car's battery.
698455
Sure, if you wanted to. You'd just need to wire it such that it has constant power while the car is running.
312064
No the vehicle does not need to be running. This unit can be wired to a charged 12V battery. The battery wired to the unit provides the power.
505437
No it runs on 110 volts alternating current. You would need to buy an old automobile generator ( not an alternator) and hook it up to a 12 volt DC battery.
641417
Rajesh, The run time depends on the size of your battery not the inverter. Joe
1494625
Yes you can; depending on what you plug in to it, the battery may drain quickly.E.g. a light bulb may be 60 watts; a microwave or toaster oven 1000 watts.Car batteries don't produce a lot of power; marine batteries are a little better.With the battery in the car, you can run the engine as a generator and re-charger.
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I do not see any reason why not.... a car battery is a car battery - you are basically just applying trickle-charge voltage to it. But to be safe, I would, as Steven indicated, go the nocousa.com and ask them. I have one of these on our boat and it seems to work very well. We can leave it two to three weeks at a time and it cranks right up.
93517
Yes but I would not recommend if hardwiring the unit to the car. It could give false readings all day like when a bird lands on your car or someone just walks near it. This will drain the life out of your battery. I disabled that feature on mine. Good luck
1803270
It def can.. it works great especially with a fully charged battery.. it takes a beating.. try to buy a spare battery as well .. it was a great investment.. this car is super fast so make sure you tweek the remote