Ouch77
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- Joined
- Feb 5, 2014
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- Location
- Newport/Bristol
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Dash Cam
- Mini 0803
My car has a fairly large diesel engine, and a less than perfect condition battery, though still serviceable, so it's not getting replaced yet.
At the moment I'm using the supplied ciggy lighter power supply, and if plug in at the wrong time (permanent supply to the lighter sockets) the camera will be booting up when I hit the starter, which then crashes it (repetitive startup sound, needing a disconnecting of the power and a long hold on the power button to reset).
My long-term aim is to hard-wire the power supply into the cabin light area of the roof and drop the USB cable through the front of the headlining. However I'm thinking I'll need to do something to ensure the supply to the camera isn't affected by cranking, perhaps with some fat capacitors or something..
Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone got any suggested solutions, preferably ones that would cost lest than a 900CCA battery?
At the moment I'm using the supplied ciggy lighter power supply, and if plug in at the wrong time (permanent supply to the lighter sockets) the camera will be booting up when I hit the starter, which then crashes it (repetitive startup sound, needing a disconnecting of the power and a long hold on the power button to reset).
My long-term aim is to hard-wire the power supply into the cabin light area of the roof and drop the USB cable through the front of the headlining. However I'm thinking I'll need to do something to ensure the supply to the camera isn't affected by cranking, perhaps with some fat capacitors or something..
Has anyone else had this problem? Anyone got any suggested solutions, preferably ones that would cost lest than a 900CCA battery?