What does the project actually cost?
You might have asked yourself what all this fun with a website, cameras, birdseed etc. costs.
Therefore I will give you a small overview of what this hobby costs me. This list is not exact to the cent and certainly not 100% complete. But I will cover the costs as good as I can.
But for a rough overview this should be enough.
Type of costs | monthly | yearly |
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Electricity costs -> 14 cameras, network technology, technology in the nesting boxes and the Kobel (light, temperature, humidity) and Streaming technique (3x Raspberry Pi 3+) | ~ 15.- Euro (Consumption of approx. 55 kWh / month) | ~ 180.- Euro (Consumption of approx. 660 kWh / year) |
Website -> hosting rent, domain, license fees for web tools etc. | ~ 15.- Euro | ~ 180.- Euro |
Food -> Bird food like seeds, titmouse dumplings etc., Hedgehog food (cat food) | ~ 45.- Euro | ~ 540.- Euro |
Total: | ~ 75.- Euro | ~ 900.- Euro |
Total costs for two identical nesting boxes: ~ 890.- Euro
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Cameras in the nesting boxes ~ 500 €
4x UpCam Vortex HD Pro (2x original from manufacturer 149.-€ each and 2x via eBay 130.-€ and 40.-€), 4x connection cable for external WLAN antenna, 4x external WLAN antenna
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Power supply ~ 100 €
2 switching power supplies (à 23,80€), 2 adapter cables (à 2,75€) as well as various clamps and connection materials, 2x 10m power cable for outside (à 17.- €)
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Lighting and temperature / humidity measurement ~ 200 €
LED tape and metal mounting profile for LED tape, Z-Wave module for LED control, Z-Wave module for temp/humidity sensor, sensor for temp and humidity
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The box itself - 90 €
Wood from the hardware store, Plexiglas pane, wood protection paint, screws and roofing felt
Squirrel house: ~ 374.- Euro
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Camera ~ 164 €
after conversion: 1x UpCam Vortex HD Pro (original from the manufacturer 149.-€ each), 1x connection cable for external WLAN antenna (6,99€), 1x external WLAN antenna ( 7,52€)
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Power supply ~ 50 €
1 switching power supply (à 23.80€), 1 adapter cable (à 2.75€) as well as various clamps and connection materials, 1x 10m power cable for outside (à 17.- €)
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Lighting and temperature / humidity measurement ~ 100 €
LED tape and metal mounting profile for LED tape, Z-Wave module for LED control, Z-Wave module for temp/humidity sensor, sensor for temp and humidity
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Building materials for the house itself - 60 €
Wood from the hardware store, wood protection paint, screws
Total costs for two identical hedgehog sleeping houses: ~ 472.- Euro
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Cameras in the sleeping houses ~ 252 €
1x UpCam Vortex HD Pro (eBay 100.-€), 1x Dericam 1080P (Amazon 49.99€), 2x Ctronics 1080P (Amazon at 50.99€)
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Power supply ~ 40 €
2x 10m power cable for outside (à 17.- €), 2x 3-fold socket strip
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Building materials for the hedgehog house - 180 €
Wood from the hardware store, wood protection paint, screws and hinges (per house ~ 90 €)
Total costs for two identical hedgehog feeding houses: ~ 120 Euro
approximate cost of the feeding place (without hedgehog feeding houses): ~ 674 Euro
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Cameras ~ 344 €
1x UpCam Tornado HD S (UpCam 149.-€), 1x Ctronics PTZ camera (eBay classified ads 115.-€), 1x UpCam Tornado HD Pro (eBay 66.-€), 1x ext. microphone (Amazon 14.-€)
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Bird Feeder House ~ 100 €
Building material from the hardware store (wooden boards, roofing felt, square timber, round timber, half round timber, screws, wood protection paint)
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Other feeding equipment ~ 80 €
Feeding columns of Aldi, Amazon and zoo trade, bird watering place of Vivara, building material for the squirrel feeding automats, tit dumpling holder, water bowls
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Fastenings and studding - 150 €
various square posts, ground sleeves, wooden plates, etc. for mounting the feeders and cameras
Costs of further technical equipment: ~ 363 Euro
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Network technology at the feeding point ~ 90 €
1x Fritz! repeater (Mediamarkt 64.-€), TP-Link network switch 5x (Amazon 17.-€), network cable
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Power supply at the feeding place ~ 73 €
2x 5-fold socket strip (DIY store à 8.-€), 2x outdoor cable box LogiLink (à 15.-€), power cable outdoor 10m (17.-€), outdoor 8-fold socket strip (25.-€)
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Transmission of the streams ~ 120 €
2x Raspberry Pi 3+ incl. 16GB SD card, case and original Raspi power supply (each approx. 60.-€)
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Control of light and evaluation of temp./air humidity in the nest boxes and litter boxes - 80 €
Raspberry Pi 3+ incl. Z-Wave module, 16 GB SD card, case, external antenna and original Raspi power supply