Dash cams, what to get and where to get it (Q&A only)

vectra

blade1 wrote: »

Here you go

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F182302303041

I was looking at ones lke that but mine doesn't have the black part in the centre. I would imagine that would stop it fitting in.
If you scroll down the page and look at the mini ones, Mine look like that only Mini ones are too big. I am at a loss over them.

blade1

vectra wrote: »

I was looking at ones lke that but mine doesn't have the black part in the centre. I would imagine that would stop it fitting in.
If you scroll down the page and look at the mini ones, Mine look like that only Mini ones are too big. I am at a loss over them.

Any pic of your fuse?
Look at the red 10a fuse in the pic below.
That's a micro.
If yours are longer are you sure they are not mini?

OldMrBrennan83

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vectra

blade1 wrote: »

Any pic of your fuse?
Look at the red 10a fuse in the pic below.
That's a micro.
If yours are longer are you sure they are not mini?

According to a friend in the UK with the same car as mine.
This is the one I need, so I ordered it, fingers crossed this time

Piggy Back Fuse Tap MICRO 2 Blade Holder

TheChizler

That's not a picture of a micro one though. You have to watch out the eBay listings for fuse holders are commonly mislabled.

blade1

TheChizler wrote: »

That's not a picture of a micro one though. You have to watch out the eBay listings for fuse holders are commonly mislabled.

It's the latest type which is micro 2.
Plenty on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F172741917214

alanhiggyno1

i just bought a nextbase 412gw with wifi for 139.great dashcam so far even in night.just need to hard wire it in my e60 520d

TheChizler

blade1 wrote: »

It's the latest type which is micro 2.
Plenty on eBay
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F172741917214

Cheers wasn't aware of that one. Yet another to add to the confusion!

OldMrBrennan83

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LeakingLava

LeakingLava wrote: »

That does make sense regarding the U connection, however, the ad says that the U is for easy connection directly to the battery. Of course, this is not what I am going to do, so this is where the fuse tap comes in and I now understand that it is just a matter of crimping and it wasn't an actual connection that slots in.

What I will do then is probably buy a U connection for the black wire (earth), then just cut the U off the red to crimp it into a fuse tap. Makes sense. Thanks a lot!

Another option I was thinking of was just to buy a multiple cigarette socket and wire it to a fuse tap into the fusebox then keep the multi-socket in the glovebox compartment for other uses too. I just have to work out amperages so that I don't overload. Can't really find general information regarding how much max current these multi-sockets can pull, though.

Hey guys, I'm still getting around to looking for a good enough cigarette socket splitter kind of thing. Does anyone know how much current a dashcam would take max? I'm looking to calculate if my idea is okay in terms of the cigarette socket splitter. The way I see it, most 3 way splitters have a maximum output of 5A. So, if I was using a 2.4A USB charger on two ports, I would be using 4.8A(perfect world expectation, real world test would probably pull less than that) which leaves .2A. I'm pretty sure that's too little, but still want to confirm if it really is just 5A maximum output from these things. The seller doesn't have any information about it . The splitter that I was looking at also had USB ports which according to the spec, would be able to output 6.8A in total. Could one of these splitters really output 11.8A(5 + 6.8) or possibly more in total?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/FosPower-Cigarette-Splitter-Smartphones-Lifetime/dp/B01FEG4D3Y/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

grogi

LeakingLava wrote: »

So, if I was using a 2.4A USB charger on two ports, I would be using 4.8A(perfect world expectation, real world test would probably pull less than that) which leaves .2A

Are you sure? A simple stepdown 12V->5V @ 5A would require 35W of power dissipated... You would need a huuuge heat sink to do it without risk of burning.

So, the USB chargers are working like impulse chargers. Providing 5A@5V requires only 25W, the load on 12V would be around 2.5A, not more.

LeakingLava

grogi wrote: »

Are you sure? A simple stepdown 12V->5V @ 5A would require 35W of power dissipated... You would need a huuuge heat sink to do it without risk of burning.

So, the USB chargers are working like impulse chargers. Providing 5A@5V requires only 25W, the load on 12V would be around 2.5A, not more.

Being completely honest with you, I probably don't understand electricity as much as I should, and would most likely have done something completely wrong in terms of calculations. But what I'm basing this on anyway is just a few pictures online stating that the max output current of those splitter type chargers is 5A.

Basing then on what you're saying, if I had two USB chargers and the dashcam on the same splitter, would 2.5A be enough for a dashcam? Are there dashcams that pull more than that?

grogi

LeakingLava wrote: »

Being completely honest with you, I probably don't understand electricity as much as I should, and would most likely have done something completely wrong in terms of calculations. But what I'm basing this on anyway is just a few pictures online stating that the max output current of those splitter type chargers is 5A

The lighter socket gives 12V, while USB requires 5V. That's why you need a charger there, it converts one into another.

Now, a 1A@12V is more than twice as much "powerful" as 1A, but on 5V. Dumb USB chargers will use that excess of power to heat up, nothing more. Smarter will use it intelligently.

So, if you need to power three USB devices, each needing 2A (which really is a lot), you need 30W (3 * 2A*5V) of power. You need only 2.5A to get same power from 12V (2.5A*12V = 30W). 7A splitter will be more than enough.

LeakingLava

grogi wrote: »

The lighter socket gives 12V, while USB requires 5V. That's why you need a charger there, it converts one into another.

Now, a 1A@12V is more than twice as much "powerful" as 1A, but on 5V. Dumb USB chargers will use that excess of power to heat up, nothing more. Smarter will use it intelligently.

So, if you need to power three USB devices, each needing 2A (which really is a lot), you need 30W (3 * 2A*5V) of power. You need only 2.5A to get same power from 12V (2.5A*12V = 30W). 7A splitter will be more than enough.

Thank you very much! That cleared it up for me. Now, I just wanted to confirm if I'm able to trust the splitter in terms of its specifications.

Now, with the splitter that I linked, it said it can do 5V/6.8A total on its own USB ports, four ports, 2 x 5V/2.4, 2 x 5V/1A (34W). So this in total would pull around 2.84A @ 12V (34W). I know that I probably wouldn't use these 4 devices together with 3 more devices on the cigarette sockets, but I would like to know the limit of the device and if I'm able to trust the splitter that it wouldn't burn, IF, I had to use all the ports.

So far:
2.84A @ 12V on USB ports (34W).

2.4A(fast chargers for tablets/smartphones) @ 5V * 2 (2 remaining cigarette sockets after having the dashcam plugged in) = 24W

You were saying that I would be using devices needing 2A so I'm guessing it isn't expected for a dashcam to use more than 2A. So 2A @ 5V is 10W.

Total from the cigarette sockets would then be (34W) which is again around 2.84A @ 12V.

2.84A * 2 = 5.68A @ 12V.

That seems a lot more reasonable than what I was saying before (11.8A) LOL :pac: :pac: :pac:

I'm guessing that I would be able to trust this splitter to be able to output 5.68A @ 12V but still would like your opinion as I may completely wrong either on my assumption or calculation. Is it normal for splitters to be capable of around 6A @ 12V?

Sorry for the million questions by the way, probably a little off topic, too, in this thread. But thank you so much for all your help.

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TigerTim

Hi All,

I've a Mini 0806 & have an issue occasionally. I've it set to loop continuously but it starts beeping usually when the cards are nearly full with a message of the screen "frmat card" .If I format the cards on laptop it works away again. I thought it was the micro SD cards. I has 2 x 64GB Samsung Class 10 cards & I've recently replaced them with 2 x 64GB Class 10 Sandisk cards. This has certainly improved the issue but the camera still throws a wobbly from time to time. I have upgraded the firmware. Any ideas?.

T.

vectra

TigerTim wrote: »

Hi All,

I've a Mini 0806 & have an issue occasionally. I've it set to loop continuously but it starts beeping usually when the cards are nearly full with a message of the screen "frmat card" .If I format the cards on laptop it works away again. I thought it was the micro SD cards. I has 2 x 64GB Samsung Class 10 cards & I've recently replaced them with 2 x 64GB Class 10 Sandisk cards. This has certainly improved the issue but the camera still throws a wobbly from time to time. I have upgraded the firmware. Any ideas?.

T.

Do you have a GPS Mount?
If so, I assume you have the poer cable plugged into this.
Try plugging the power directly into the dashcam and see how that works for you.
I have read this is a workaround.

OldMrBrennan83

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TigerTim

vectra wrote: »

Do you have a GPS Mount?
If so, I assume you have the poer cable plugged into this.
Try plugging the power directly into the dashcam and see how that works for you.
I have read this is a workaround.

Thanks, It has a mount attached to the windscreen. Will take a look.

T.

yannakis

Any idea if I can find this anywhere around Dublin?

UsedToWait

Bit of an unusual one here - hoping someone might know, as googling isn't throwing up much..

My Dad is looking for both a dash cam and reversing camera for his car.
He'd prefer to have only one screen.
Anyone know of a dash cam that would have video input which would switch to the reversing camera when reverse is engaged?

I did see head units that would have that functionality, but would be very expensive.

I reckon he'd be better looking at a small, non-display dash cam, and a separate reversing camera with screen.

Any advice / anyone looked at something that might suit?

vectra

yannakis wrote: »

Any idea if I can find this anywhere around Dublin?

https://i.imgur.com/eFsamjk.png

Halfords?

UsedToWait wrote: »

Bit of an unusual one here - hoping someone might know, as googling isn't throwing up much..

My Dad is looking for both a dash cam and reversing camera for his car.
He'd prefer to have only one screen.
Anyone know of a dash cam that would have video input which would switch to the reversing camera when reverse is engaged?

I did see head units that would have that functionality, but would be very expensive.

I reckon he'd be better looking at a small, non-display dash cam, and a separate reversing camera with screen.

Any advice / anyone looked at something that might suit?

Just curious
what car?

yannakis

vectra wrote: »

Halfords?

Went by Carrickmines today and they didn't have any. Also, I can't find it on their website either, so I guess they're not stocking it?