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Does anyone here know the answer to this question: Do I need to mess with Super Capacitors if my (battery-based) dash cam (e.g., Koonlung K1S) will be connected to a UPS-like battery system such as a Cellink (https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threa...une-24-2015-cellink-b-expansion-review.11276/ ) or the Anypower T-Power Plus Alpha
(https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/anypower-t-power-plus-alpha-full-review-video-added.9275/ ) ?
In this link HERE, I learned that battery-based (vs. capacitor-based) dash cams can swell and explode from the constant charging/discharging that results from a hardwired configuration. [see it at: https://dashcamtalk.com/kdlinks-x1/#Battery_Swells_Explodes]. Also learned was that the primary (perhaps, the only?) function of a Super Capacitor is to gracefully save the last file in the event of a catastrophic lost of power to the dash cam (or, DVR in the case of remote lenses).
It would, then, seem to me that if I have the dash cam connected to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) type of system, a power source will continue to be available to the dash cam even if a catastrophic loss of power were to occur and that the need for super capacitors would be a moot issue, no?
Note: I am not well-versed in electronics, so I best learn at a "systems" level, that is, at a black box, plug-and-play level. As such, while all comments are MOST welcome, systems level comments will make the best impact on me at this point in my dash cam learning curve!!
(https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/threads/anypower-t-power-plus-alpha-full-review-video-added.9275/ ) ?
In this link HERE, I learned that battery-based (vs. capacitor-based) dash cams can swell and explode from the constant charging/discharging that results from a hardwired configuration. [see it at: https://dashcamtalk.com/kdlinks-x1/#Battery_Swells_Explodes]. Also learned was that the primary (perhaps, the only?) function of a Super Capacitor is to gracefully save the last file in the event of a catastrophic lost of power to the dash cam (or, DVR in the case of remote lenses).
It would, then, seem to me that if I have the dash cam connected to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) type of system, a power source will continue to be available to the dash cam even if a catastrophic loss of power were to occur and that the need for super capacitors would be a moot issue, no?
Note: I am not well-versed in electronics, so I best learn at a "systems" level, that is, at a black box, plug-and-play level. As such, while all comments are MOST welcome, systems level comments will make the best impact on me at this point in my dash cam learning curve!!