[TheForge] was solar cells OT: POL: chickens

[Grover.Richardson at gtri.gatech.edu]

I have experimented with those also (I get to do a lot of neat things at work<G>).  About 20 leds will show reasonably well at 20 feet.  Run them at 20 mA.  I initially had a bunch I scavenged from old clickers.  

The scope will pull in any light that is available (hunter fella told me to use a scope at night for that reason, didn't make sense initially, but I tried it and it works).  The problem with the digital camera is focus.  They do make adapters though.

Another reason for the 60 W normal bulb, well 2 reasons.  1 is they get used to it and don't consider it a problem because it is always there.  They know about lights after a while.  The second is that it is coming from the house, so if I make any noise, they have to look into the light to see me.

All the Best.

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Subject: Re: [TheForge] was solar cells OT: POL: chickens

I learned only recently that your typical digital camera is sensitive
to (invisible) IR radiation.  So, order a shit load of IR LED's from
Hong Kong via ebay, then wire them up as a lamp near your chicken
coop.  Mount a digital camera on your rifle scope, and you might have
a clear shot a tthe varmint before it knows it's visible.