RSole
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My dash cam is beside my rear view mirror and will be in direct sunlight this summer. It's also the same solar heat absorptive color as the dash top (black!) and will probably get just as hot, possibly destroying it.
My fertile imagination (the ONLY fertile part of my body) is imagining how to keep it cool.
1- Reflective aluminum foil glued to the top of the cam? (cam would look permanently ugly)
2- Male Velcro glued to the top of the cam, and then fashion a sheet of heat resistant material (a piece of polished aluminum or foil covered plastic) with female Velcro glued on the bottom to intimately mate with it's other half? This would be a detachable, non-permanent sun cap.
3- Attach a small computer fan to idea number 2 and co-wire it into the cam's power wire?
I can imagine that heat will shorten the life of any cam, but am I worried for nothing? Sure, I've read of Australians and Floridians (a cult that uses Fluoride?) that had cameras that survived their climates, but still...I'm scared!
My fertile imagination (the ONLY fertile part of my body) is imagining how to keep it cool.
1- Reflective aluminum foil glued to the top of the cam? (cam would look permanently ugly)
2- Male Velcro glued to the top of the cam, and then fashion a sheet of heat resistant material (a piece of polished aluminum or foil covered plastic) with female Velcro glued on the bottom to intimately mate with it's other half? This would be a detachable, non-permanent sun cap.
3- Attach a small computer fan to idea number 2 and co-wire it into the cam's power wire?
I can imagine that heat will shorten the life of any cam, but am I worried for nothing? Sure, I've read of Australians and Floridians (a cult that uses Fluoride?) that had cameras that survived their climates, but still...I'm scared!