NorthStar
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Hey guys,
Today I left my car in direct sunlight all morning until 3pm, with 2 heat sinks installed to the cam
As of 11am “HT” overlay started showing on the video. As per Blackvue notes of the latest heat cutoff temp, this means that the surrounding temp reached the 70c/158f point
This means that the cam will auto shut down if the temp goes up only by additional 5c/9f
Outdoor temp was 36c/96f at that point. The outdoor peak temp of that day was 40c/104f
Surprisingly, despite the fact that the heat kept building up inside the car, it didnt shut down until I came back to the car 4 hours later
I am assuming that the 2 heat sinks setup I am using helped a lot to let the cam survive this extreme heat while parking in direct sunlight for 4 hours straight.
Here are couple of pics for the heat sinks, along with the ebay links. Please note that I installed the heat sinks at the bottom of the cam on purpose, not on the top, since hot air always go up by its nature, so I didnt want to block the vents on top
The SD card I am using is the famous Samsung endurance 128gb, incase anyone was wondering
Thoughts?
UPDATE: June 9th: today the outside temperature was 111F/44c, the car was parked all day in direct sunlight and the cam kept working without issues
UPDATE: June 12th: the temp yesterday was 113F/45c, the car was parked all day long in direct sunlight, with closed windows and the cam kept working without issues
Today I left my car in direct sunlight all morning until 3pm, with 2 heat sinks installed to the cam
As of 11am “HT” overlay started showing on the video. As per Blackvue notes of the latest heat cutoff temp, this means that the surrounding temp reached the 70c/158f point
This means that the cam will auto shut down if the temp goes up only by additional 5c/9f
Outdoor temp was 36c/96f at that point. The outdoor peak temp of that day was 40c/104f
Surprisingly, despite the fact that the heat kept building up inside the car, it didnt shut down until I came back to the car 4 hours later
I am assuming that the 2 heat sinks setup I am using helped a lot to let the cam survive this extreme heat while parking in direct sunlight for 4 hours straight.
Here are couple of pics for the heat sinks, along with the ebay links. Please note that I installed the heat sinks at the bottom of the cam on purpose, not on the top, since hot air always go up by its nature, so I didnt want to block the vents on top
The SD card I am using is the famous Samsung endurance 128gb, incase anyone was wondering
Thoughts?
UPDATE: June 9th: today the outside temperature was 111F/44c, the car was parked all day in direct sunlight and the cam kept working without issues
UPDATE: June 12th: the temp yesterday was 113F/45c, the car was parked all day long in direct sunlight, with closed windows and the cam kept working without issues
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