Solar laptop charger to power a rear camera?

[Jazzist]

Something like this might be handy to power a rear camera? Could be left on the parcel shelf.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1/710-53481 ... 35c53daf38

What do you think?

 

[jokiin]

Something like this might be handy to power a rear camera? Could be left on the parcel shelf.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1/710-53481 ... 35c53daf38

What do you think?

would still have to run a cable to the camera, I think I'd rather just run a discrete power cable to the camera rather than do this, hate for something that large to end up as a projectile in a situation

 

[Jazzist]

Fair enough and a good point about it being a projectile. The other thing I was thinking was that a lithium battery in sunlight for long periods could be a fire risk, not what you want in your new car. Hopefully my car has a cig socket in the boot, I'm ~60% sure it does

 

[Mitch]

Something like this might be handy to power a rear camera? Could be left on the parcel shelf.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1/710-53481 ... 35c53daf38

What do you think?

If full charging time of the external battery pack takes around 3 hours (charge via power adapter), charging via solar cells will take much longer. Due to this, I think the DVR will consume more juice during DVR parking mode. It's not really a much safer option as the solar cells does not have any fuse device or safety trigger to cut-off any abnormalities.

 

[Jazzist]

Might go with a battery pack designed for the job Eg

http://lukashd.com/eng/product_info/power_lock_3.html

Will get me started with parking mode without modifying a brand new car. Also suitable as a normal power cut off wire in for the future.

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