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I missed all the converter discussion above. Mine ran just fine on two 9V in parallel (9V, double the current capacity) with an Eggtimer Quantum connected as well. Courtesy of the tree it got hung in, it ran for about an hour just fine.
One thing I noticed is that the camera doesn't like "twitchy" power. My original plan was to do the twist two wires together method for turning it on. The Runcam only turned on about 20% of the time that way. Otherwise it would sit there off, with power applied.
The way around that was to cut the positive side of the battery lead and install another 9V snap there. When the snap was shorted, it made the connection. I took yet another snap and soldered the two wires together. My on "switch" was to take that loose 9V snap with the wires connected and snap it to the loose snap on the positive side of the battery line.
It made a nice, quick, solid connection without any fluttering voltage from wrapping two wires together. Runcam always turned on in that situation.
One thing I noticed is that the camera doesn't like "twitchy" power. My original plan was to do the twist two wires together method for turning it on. The Runcam only turned on about 20% of the time that way. Otherwise it would sit there off, with power applied.
The way around that was to cut the positive side of the battery lead and install another 9V snap there. When the snap was shorted, it made the connection. I took yet another snap and soldered the two wires together. My on "switch" was to take that loose 9V snap with the wires connected and snap it to the loose snap on the positive side of the battery line.
It made a nice, quick, solid connection without any fluttering voltage from wrapping two wires together. Runcam always turned on in that situation.