petepete
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I would design my cameras to have an extra connector to supply constant +12v to the device from the vehicles battery instead of using a teeny tiny internal battery to overcome the short run time after power off issue. You can still keep the ignition on/off voltage trigger to auto start and stop the recorder, just also have constant power feed from external source connector also. That will fix the issue. Why some of these young engineers don't think of such easy solutions makes me wonder. It shouldn't be a cost hit neither, so why not do it? Will mini 0806 designer do this? Is there enough time to add this power source feed?
I had the mini power socket drop off one of my g1wh while I had it apart charging it and I had to re-solder it on. I noticed its the four soldered points that hold it in place on the main body and when soldered the electrical connections are a simple push against each other fit ( I ended up robbing one from an old sat nav as I screwed the spring loaded pins up on the original ) - Having contemplated removing the battery I ruled out fitting a wire from that socket to where the battery is and removing it as the supply in is 5v and the battery is 3.7v .
Thinking about it again , wish I had tried it ...