It's slow at work and I already have the hardwire kit already wired up, so, let's take a look at the current draw of this thing. All current is on the 12V (CONSTANT wire).
First up, how does the startup current look like. Upon powering up, there is a little current spike, nothing special. Then out of the blue, the CAM suck down 1.51A of current before settling down to a steady state operation. Nothing major here, but, seriously, a 12W draw every time the CAM power up?!
![upload_2017-10-17_18-1-6.png upload_2017-10-17_18-1-6.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33689-8d71bc2fe91d0d2438839b1f3b30fc76.jpg?hash=jXG8L-kdDS)
On to the regular 1080p@30fps. Not that bad. The current is going from 150mA to 300mA. The green line is the 5V, which is pretty good. Hardly any voltage ripple.
![upload_2017-10-17_18-4-56.png upload_2017-10-17_18-4-56.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33690-bc3616e8ca37d6c584b4b7831d13edaa.jpg?hash=vDYW6Mo31s)
Going to the 720p@30fps, the parking guard mode. I was expecting the current to go down a little, since it's doing 720p instead of 1080p, but well, it doesn't appear to be so.
![upload_2017-10-17_18-7-20.png upload_2017-10-17_18-7-20.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33691-ac7b69f5d2e3ab6df09136ba28756967.jpg?hash=rHtp9dLjq2)
Finally, the 720p@2fps, the parking mode without any motion detected. Well, the current peaks are still the same, but if taking the average, it does appear the current draw is less.
![upload_2017-10-17_18-8-35.png upload_2017-10-17_18-8-35.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33692-83026bf22ca307242b4545da0bf92657.jpg?hash=gwJr8iyjBy)
First up, how does the startup current look like. Upon powering up, there is a little current spike, nothing special. Then out of the blue, the CAM suck down 1.51A of current before settling down to a steady state operation. Nothing major here, but, seriously, a 12W draw every time the CAM power up?!
![upload_2017-10-17_18-1-6.png upload_2017-10-17_18-1-6.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33689-8d71bc2fe91d0d2438839b1f3b30fc76.jpg?hash=jXG8L-kdDS)
On to the regular 1080p@30fps. Not that bad. The current is going from 150mA to 300mA. The green line is the 5V, which is pretty good. Hardly any voltage ripple.
![upload_2017-10-17_18-4-56.png upload_2017-10-17_18-4-56.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33690-bc3616e8ca37d6c584b4b7831d13edaa.jpg?hash=vDYW6Mo31s)
Going to the 720p@30fps, the parking guard mode. I was expecting the current to go down a little, since it's doing 720p instead of 1080p, but well, it doesn't appear to be so.
![upload_2017-10-17_18-7-20.png upload_2017-10-17_18-7-20.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33691-ac7b69f5d2e3ab6df09136ba28756967.jpg?hash=rHtp9dLjq2)
Finally, the 720p@2fps, the parking mode without any motion detected. Well, the current peaks are still the same, but if taking the average, it does appear the current draw is less.
![upload_2017-10-17_18-8-35.png upload_2017-10-17_18-8-35.png](https://dashcamtalk.com/forum/data/attachments/33/33692-83026bf22ca307242b4545da0bf92657.jpg?hash=gwJr8iyjBy)