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 Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:08 am |
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What do people have, recommend?
Fed up of people hitting my car and driving off, lol!!
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:22 am |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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Depends on what you want to spend really. I have a cheap and cheerful one fitted but that only covers the front and turns off 5 minutes after the ignition is turned off.
I'm upgrading to a Nextbase 412 this year, but again that only covers the front.
Road Angel do a decent front and rear package at about £200.
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:31 am |
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I have seen a couple, but prodimantly im after one that is on after i turn the car off. ie its on 24/7.
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:29 pm |
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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| iainlovatt wrote: |
| I have seen a couple, but prodimantly im after one that is on after i turn the car off. ie its on 24/7. |
You can buy hard wire kits and wire it to a constant live. It shouldn't cause too much battery drain.
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:31 pm |
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| iainlovatt wrote: |
| I have seen a couple, but prodimantly im after one that is on after i turn the car off. ie its on 24/7. |
You can buy hard wire kits and wire it to a constant live. It shouldn't cause too much battery drain. |
Yeah thought about that or usb battery bank.
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:40 pm |
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A house alarm gel 12 volt battery would be ideal to wire in to the circuit if you want 24 / 7 operation.
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 7:06 am |
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| MrBSI wrote: |
| A house alarm gel 12 volt battery would be ideal to wire in to the circuit if you want 24 / 7 operation. |
Good idea.
Any idea how i would connect that up to the battery so that it wouldnt drain it or should i connect staright to the alternator? (if thats at all possible?)
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Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:12 pm |
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Joined: Apr 14, 2010
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Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
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| iainlovatt wrote: |
| MrBSI wrote: |
| A house alarm gel 12 volt battery would be ideal to wire in to the circuit if you want 24 / 7 operation. |
Good idea.
Any idea how i would connect that up to the battery so that it wouldnt drain it or should i connect staright to the alternator? (if thats at all possible?) |
There are battery packs for dashcams that include controls so that is all controlled and automated, but for a 'bare' battery I'd use a SPDT relay wired to drop the connection between the extra battery and the main one when ignition turns off.
With ignition on/car running the battery is connected to the main battery (and alternator) and is charged.
The built for purpose packs would also turn off the camera if the voltage in the internal battery drops below a given level (since they're usually LiIon, going below ~3V would be bad/unsafe), Going low on a lead acid cell just causes more wear.
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:28 am |
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| mtempsch wrote: |
| iainlovatt wrote: |
| MrBSI wrote: |
| A house alarm gel 12 volt battery would be ideal to wire in to the circuit if you want 24 / 7 operation. |
Good idea.
Any idea how i would connect that up to the battery so that it wouldnt drain it or should i connect staright to the alternator? (if thats at all possible?) |
There are battery packs for dashcams that include controls so that is all controlled and automated, but for a 'bare' battery I'd use a SPDT relay wired to drop the connection between the extra battery and the main one when ignition turns off.
With ignition on/car running the battery is connected to the main battery (and alternator) and is charged.
The built for purpose packs would also turn off the camera if the voltage in the internal battery drops below a given level (since they're usually LiIon, going below ~3V would be bad/unsafe), Going low on a lead acid cell just causes more wear. |
cheers 
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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2016 11:55 am |
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Joined: Nov 09, 2011
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Location: Lower Slaughter
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I had a next base 212, It was a good little dashcam till some ******* stole it this morning.
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