RV Security System
Hello everyone, I recently purchased a very nice semi-custom wheeled ice-house that is also a summer crossover RV. I am both worried about leaving the RV in storage and to some degree when I am in ...
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Everyone - Thanks for the feedback. I really do appreciate it, even the negative.
I do realize that a home monitoring system can be installed in n RV but not run off the battery (for any amount of time).
This system draws 7-9mA @12V in its armed state (no active alarms). So a (healthy) 70A hour battery will last about 290 days before it gets to 20%. Derate it 70%, a typical RV battery will last about 200 days.
The list is not a "dream list" - I actually have prototype hardware currently in production in Asia. I'll have 4 units within a month. It will take some time after that for the software integration and android app to be written. Then design validation testing. The real expense (at least for me) is sales, marketing and promotion. I'll have to hire that out.
To help explain it; there is an engineering penalty for the low power consumption. The sensors have to be hard wired. The motion detect sensor of a PIR camera only draws about 1mA - When you make the camera wireless, it becomes a power hog. The switch sensors take no power when they are hard wired. There is no WiFi or wireless network running within the unit.
There is another processor and cell module "trick" going on as well that saves a very large amount of power budget.
LoJack is a good competitive gps example but it is otherwise featureless.
This would not have to be a dealer installed product - I would just be more successful with the selling power of a dealer network. If I sell the system myself there would be no dealer margin (and therefore cheaper) but also very limited product exposure.
Thanks again! If nothing else I will have a really kick-butt system in my own camper that I've spent a LOT of hours on. HA HA
I do realize that a home monitoring system can be installed in n RV but not run off the battery (for any amount of time).
This system draws 7-9mA @12V in its armed state (no active alarms). So a (healthy) 70A hour battery will last about 290 days before it gets to 20%. Derate it 70%, a typical RV battery will last about 200 days.
The list is not a "dream list" - I actually have prototype hardware currently in production in Asia. I'll have 4 units within a month. It will take some time after that for the software integration and android app to be written. Then design validation testing. The real expense (at least for me) is sales, marketing and promotion. I'll have to hire that out.
To help explain it; there is an engineering penalty for the low power consumption. The sensors have to be hard wired. The motion detect sensor of a PIR camera only draws about 1mA - When you make the camera wireless, it becomes a power hog. The switch sensors take no power when they are hard wired. There is no WiFi or wireless network running within the unit.
There is another processor and cell module "trick" going on as well that saves a very large amount of power budget.
LoJack is a good competitive gps example but it is otherwise featureless.
This would not have to be a dealer installed product - I would just be more successful with the selling power of a dealer network. If I sell the system myself there would be no dealer margin (and therefore cheaper) but also very limited product exposure.
Thanks again! If nothing else I will have a really kick-butt system in my own camper that I've spent a LOT of hours on. HA HA
