underwater camera power consumption?

[jpohlic]

I'm trying to plan a solar panel/deep cycle battery/underwater camera/tv setup for a shack and was wondering if any underwater camera users can tell me the power consumption in watts of their particular cameras. Most manufacturers don't have this info online. Thanks

[Incognito]

That will be a very tricky question to answer.  LED's on or off, brightness, brand, model... etc.

If the camera gives you an average runtime on a battery, you can divide the battery size (7-8-9Ah) by the runtime.

In the case of my Marcum pancam, it comes with a 1.3Ah battery and will run 6-8 hours.  This yields a power draw of .1625 to .25A 

Inc