DavidUK
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Just crossed my mind...
Why not a cam with a battery which charges when cam is in use but is only used to power up the cam so it saves a short burst if the cam senses a shock whilst parked? Otherwise the cam works via capacitor for longer life.
The only parking mode systems available currently appear to be either with a large battery pack installed or with the car's battery protected from discharging too far.
Surely a small rechargeable battery, either in cam or in the glove box, would provide sufficient residual power to wake up the cam, record the "shock" clip, then switch off again? It gets recharged the next time the power supply to the cam is live again, i.e. when the car is next used.
No doubt this has been thought of and discarded, so please give me brief reasons why it wouldn't work?
Why not a cam with a battery which charges when cam is in use but is only used to power up the cam so it saves a short burst if the cam senses a shock whilst parked? Otherwise the cam works via capacitor for longer life.
The only parking mode systems available currently appear to be either with a large battery pack installed or with the car's battery protected from discharging too far.
Surely a small rechargeable battery, either in cam or in the glove box, would provide sufficient residual power to wake up the cam, record the "shock" clip, then switch off again? It gets recharged the next time the power supply to the cam is live again, i.e. when the car is next used.
No doubt this has been thought of and discarded, so please give me brief reasons why it wouldn't work?