Which fuse to tap for a dashcam

[sapstar]

#8

This is good , please don't tell me you went with ignition off ?

I did have to go with ignition off. The cutoff on the nextbase is 11.2V. didn't want to risk battery draining. These days my car just sits on the drive most of the time.

[FrenchAudi]

I have a Nextbase dashcam, power supply is only with ignition on.

I decided on this because, apart from it running the battery flat when the engine is not running, I don't see much point in having the camera on when the car is parked, because:

1) If someone broke into the car they'd probably steal or destroy the dashcam

2) If someone ran into the car in a supermarket car park they would probably hit the side of it, so wouldn't be seen by the front mounted camera, or a rear mounted camera if I had one.

3) If someone hit the back of the car I would probably get a nice picture of the side of an unidentifiable car grazing the rear, as it's unlikely anyone would drive or reverse into the rear with enough speed to cause any damage. I don't worry about cars touching bumpers. That's what they're for.

[Gazwould]

You bought the wrong camera with no parking mode selectable shut down times .

I left mine not to shut down as an experiment , 3 days no issue .

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[FrenchAudi]

You bought the wrong camera with no parking mode selectable shut down times .

I left mine not to shut down as an experiment , 3 days no issue .

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What has your camera recorded/what do you expect it to record, when your car is parked, please?

Do you also have a rear facing camera? If so, was this left on for your experiment?

Also, what is the recording resolution of your camera? Mine is 2560 x 1440 pixels @ 30 fps. This gives continuous smooth movement and I can stop and enlarge individual frames on my 19" PC screen to easily read number plates at around 25 metres.

[Gazwould]

Supermarket car parks and alike , the number one high risk area is not to be ignored .

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Old car has front as I can't fit rear due to privacy shades .

Newer has privacy glass and have two to go in , all 3 1440 P,
25 fps .

It does have a G shock wake up mode but it won't catch the actual incident , that's why it's left recording with no issue to the battery.

[FrenchAudi]

What camera(s) do you have then, please?