Arese
Active Member
Hi everyone,
After purchasing my dashcam I also replaced my battery with a brand new Supercharge Gold Plus - 750cca
Since I had my dashcam, my car batterie get drained below 12v in 5 days (without driving) (Note that my car sleeps in the garage and I manually turn them dashcam off during the week)
At first, I thought it was my battery but my battery seems healthy at it charges up to 12.77v after driving the car. Here are dooe measurements I've done.
Right after turning off the car: 12.77v
24h later: 12.33v
48 later: 12.27v
3 days later: 12.22v
4 days later: 12.17v
5 days later: 12.15
6 days later: 12.14
When I turn the ignition on, on the 6th days and when all the instruments power on (AC, headlights, radio) the battery voltages sometimes even drop around 11.9v
It's not my alternator as when the engine is running, the battery measures 14.6v. Also, the alternztoe recharges my battery in 10 mins.
Then I performed a parasitic draw test by measuring with a multimeter each fuse when the car is locked looking for a draw. Couldn't find any draw.
However, I noticed something today. When the dashcam is on, the hardwire kit is emitting a red light from the inside (from the module where you set your cutout voltage)
When I turn off my car, the dashcam switch to parking mode and the red light is still on the cutout voltage module, which is normal.
However when I manually turn off the cam by pressing and holding the menu button, the dashcam turns off, but the red lights is still on inside the hardware kit. When I disconnect the red (BATT) wire from my fuse box, the light goes off.
Does anyone know if that light is still supposed to be on when the dashcam is turned off? I think that's what's been draining my battery.
This week, I'm going to leave the car sleep and disconnect the BATT wire. If my battery is not drained in 5 days it means it's the hardware kit.
After purchasing my dashcam I also replaced my battery with a brand new Supercharge Gold Plus - 750cca
Since I had my dashcam, my car batterie get drained below 12v in 5 days (without driving) (Note that my car sleeps in the garage and I manually turn them dashcam off during the week)
At first, I thought it was my battery but my battery seems healthy at it charges up to 12.77v after driving the car. Here are dooe measurements I've done.
Right after turning off the car: 12.77v
24h later: 12.33v
48 later: 12.27v
3 days later: 12.22v
4 days later: 12.17v
5 days later: 12.15
6 days later: 12.14
When I turn the ignition on, on the 6th days and when all the instruments power on (AC, headlights, radio) the battery voltages sometimes even drop around 11.9v
It's not my alternator as when the engine is running, the battery measures 14.6v. Also, the alternztoe recharges my battery in 10 mins.
Then I performed a parasitic draw test by measuring with a multimeter each fuse when the car is locked looking for a draw. Couldn't find any draw.
However, I noticed something today. When the dashcam is on, the hardwire kit is emitting a red light from the inside (from the module where you set your cutout voltage)
When I turn off my car, the dashcam switch to parking mode and the red light is still on the cutout voltage module, which is normal.
However when I manually turn off the cam by pressing and holding the menu button, the dashcam turns off, but the red lights is still on inside the hardware kit. When I disconnect the red (BATT) wire from my fuse box, the light goes off.
Does anyone know if that light is still supposed to be on when the dashcam is turned off? I think that's what's been draining my battery.
This week, I'm going to leave the car sleep and disconnect the BATT wire. If my battery is not drained in 5 days it means it's the hardware kit.
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