Glad to hear it isn't going to be a 100% loss but still, hope it goes smoothly in future!
Dashcams!
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Anyone have a Garmin 66W, bought it for the wife's car with the intention of having motion detection for when she's parked in work (hospital car park) having picked up a few minor dings and marks, she works a 12hr shift so set it up for continuous motion, car didn't move for 2 days over Christmas and the camera had killed the battery, turned off the parking mode and did it again. Seems to be recording a lot of short clips pretty much every 20mins, any advice on settings? currently out of the car to avoid a RAC callout after a night shift.
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it will kill the battery
thats why i bought a dedicated battery pack (Cellink neo)
thats why i bought a dedicated battery pack (Cellink neo)
to be honest I didn't expect it to be so sensitive at the lowest setting, crisp packets blowing/cats walking 30 ft away.With parking mode disabled how much power would the dashcam be taking? I didn't think it would be much once the onboard battery was charged.
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The problem is, if your running a dashcam in parking mode, it uses the main battery
even if there is a "cut off" like my dashcam, it kills it over time
i know this because i was keeping an eye on the voltage, also i noticed the recording from the camera were getting less and less, so instead of recording say 100 clips in a day, this was diminishing over time
i put a new battery in, and bought a cellink, and its been perfect every since
even if there is a "cut off" like my dashcam, it kills it over time
i know this because i was keeping an eye on the voltage, also i noticed the recording from the camera were getting less and less, so instead of recording say 100 clips in a day, this was diminishing over time
i put a new battery in, and bought a cellink, and its been perfect every since
Are you sure the 12V socket isn't powered when the ignition is off? I had a Focus though work for a while and the 12V socket in that was permanently live.
With parking mode disabled how much power would the dashcam be taking? I didn't think it would be much once the onboard battery was charged.
Its hardwired into fuse board for parking mode with an official Garmin parking cable.
Ive got a garmin 56 front and garmin mini rear both hard wired with the garmin lead and have parking mode enabled on both ( motion recording ) Never any flat battery issues though ? The garmin lead has a voltage cut out when the voltage drops to 11.7 volts. The voltage cut can be changed by opening the box on the hardwire kit and there are jumpers that adjust the voltage it cuts out at. Sounds like your could be faulty or set wrong as I have never experienced a flat battery.
Wife has a garmin 55 on hers again with hardwire parking mode
Wife has a garmin 55 on hers again with hardwire parking mode
Ah! My apologies, the only camera with parking mode I've used still needed to be connected to switched live and then ran from the internal battery when parked.
If that is the case I'd definitely be swapping those settings! I wouldn't be comfortable with my battery regularly dropping below 12V. I've seen the following chart (or similar) in a few places which compares voltage to SoC.
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but, if you have parking mode on, with a voltage cut off at 12.4, you will only get like an hour
my cellink neo runs for 48 hours on a thinkware Q800 PRO with front and rear cameras (2K)
my cellink neo runs for 48 hours on a thinkware Q800 PRO with front and rear cameras (2K)
That's good, shows that a higher cut off should still give plenty of coverage. I'd rather make sure that I keep 50% SoC in the battery than risk missing someone bumping my car, especially in the winter.
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maybe, you have a switched live and a continuous live ones
google your car and dashcam etc to find the correct one, or use your owners club website, might help
Wife's just gone in on a night shift so I'll double check tomorrow but don't remember seeing it when I first set it up, screen would go off and the red led would flash.
I'll double check them tomorrow, took the fuses from one of the Tiguan owners clubs posts.
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Anyone know of a small, cheap camera:
It has to be 1080p at least
No app
No screen
No USB head unit connection (or associated nonsense)
Auto loop record to SD card
No wifi
Small
Solid mount (3m type) not suction
12v or 5v power
No parking recording
Weatherproof is a plus, but not really required.
They must exist out there. My old blackvue in my car from years ago is still working and doing exactly this, it's just a bit chunky for hiding in the fairing of my motorbikes! It's the most basic of functions that just works when needed. Almost all of the cheap cameras I see are trying to put in all these pointless features that just add cost/complexity and bulk. I just want it to record in a loop when powered on
It has to be 1080p at least
No app
No screen
No USB head unit connection (or associated nonsense)
Auto loop record to SD card
No wifi
Small
Solid mount (3m type) not suction
12v or 5v power
No parking recording
Weatherproof is a plus, but not really required.
They must exist out there. My old blackvue in my car from years ago is still working and doing exactly this, it's just a bit chunky for hiding in the fairing of my motorbikes! It's the most basic of functions that just works when needed. Almost all of the cheap cameras I see are trying to put in all these pointless features that just add cost/complexity and bulk. I just want it to record in a loop when powered on