ChampaRando
Member
Hello everyone.
I've currently hardwired my dashcams (Blackvue, Viofo, Thinkware) to my car battery but one car's battery has been essentially messed up (parking mode only works for like 2 minutes then voltage of battery drops below 11.9V lol). Lucky that car is a hybrid so the 12V battery doesnt start the engine, it's the big hybrid battery that does it so I haven't suffered from flat battery issues but I'm sure the dashcam has ruined the battery and parking mode now only lasts like 10 minutes, from hours it used to. It was only 1.5 years old only anyways.
So I looked into alternative ways and I like the Cellink Neo/other dashcam battery packs. But honestly, with all the features, protection and extra "safe Lifepo4" temperature those guys claim, they are 3x overpriced. Honestly a $349 AUD for a 6000mah LiFePo4 (some are even 400+), those guys are kidding. Yeah I get it its a LifePo4 and with all fancy features like bluetooth, temperature circuits etc, but no way its worth more than 200 at best. I can buy a 14AH Lifepo4 jump starter literally for $130AUD or even an AGM 100AH+ car battery for around 350. I'll make my own DIY. And if I want to go around just 10AH (still more than 6000mah cellink offers), options are even cheaper
So to start off testing, I have found these two batteries off ebay australia;
I am no expert in electrical engineering but I have heard in the past members here said that use an AGM car battery to prevent damage as they can handle deep cycles/discharging and high tempertures better.
So which battery is better do you guys think? Lifepo4 or AGM deep cycle? In australia, temperatures can be high but I am in Sydney (not in the middle of central australia) so maybe 40 degrees at WORST days in summer and maybe in interior, higher but not too much I think? Which is the better choice out of the two? Next step for me is to somehow find some circuits and or microcontroller. Dunno will be researching for that next!
Gonna do a DIY just like I did a DIY for cloud uploading, bypassing expensive restrictions of thinkware/blackvue
Thanks.
*PS extra quick question: Last year I had a 40,000MAH powerbank Li-Po used to power a crappy dashcam I had in my car (before I replaced it with blackvue & stopped using this powerbank), it was a crappy one and had no parking mode/hardwiring, just 24/7 recording so I used a powerbank to do it. And tbh the powerbank was fine all year. Even with high temperatures. I never even had an idea of issues with temperature last year lol so lucky I escaped but I wish Li-Po was made for high tempertures haha. The user manual for the powerbank said temperatures of 80 degrees celcius was good so could it be that?
I've currently hardwired my dashcams (Blackvue, Viofo, Thinkware) to my car battery but one car's battery has been essentially messed up (parking mode only works for like 2 minutes then voltage of battery drops below 11.9V lol). Lucky that car is a hybrid so the 12V battery doesnt start the engine, it's the big hybrid battery that does it so I haven't suffered from flat battery issues but I'm sure the dashcam has ruined the battery and parking mode now only lasts like 10 minutes, from hours it used to. It was only 1.5 years old only anyways.
So I looked into alternative ways and I like the Cellink Neo/other dashcam battery packs. But honestly, with all the features, protection and extra "safe Lifepo4" temperature those guys claim, they are 3x overpriced. Honestly a $349 AUD for a 6000mah LiFePo4 (some are even 400+), those guys are kidding. Yeah I get it its a LifePo4 and with all fancy features like bluetooth, temperature circuits etc, but no way its worth more than 200 at best. I can buy a 14AH Lifepo4 jump starter literally for $130AUD or even an AGM 100AH+ car battery for around 350. I'll make my own DIY. And if I want to go around just 10AH (still more than 6000mah cellink offers), options are even cheaper
So to start off testing, I have found these two batteries off ebay australia;
- https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/203309096248 (LiFePo4 Deep Cycle)
- https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/323230999429 (Deep Cycle AGM Battery).
I am no expert in electrical engineering but I have heard in the past members here said that use an AGM car battery to prevent damage as they can handle deep cycles/discharging and high tempertures better.
So which battery is better do you guys think? Lifepo4 or AGM deep cycle? In australia, temperatures can be high but I am in Sydney (not in the middle of central australia) so maybe 40 degrees at WORST days in summer and maybe in interior, higher but not too much I think? Which is the better choice out of the two? Next step for me is to somehow find some circuits and or microcontroller. Dunno will be researching for that next!
Gonna do a DIY just like I did a DIY for cloud uploading, bypassing expensive restrictions of thinkware/blackvue
Thanks.
*PS extra quick question: Last year I had a 40,000MAH powerbank Li-Po used to power a crappy dashcam I had in my car (before I replaced it with blackvue & stopped using this powerbank), it was a crappy one and had no parking mode/hardwiring, just 24/7 recording so I used a powerbank to do it. And tbh the powerbank was fine all year. Even with high temperatures. I never even had an idea of issues with temperature last year lol so lucky I escaped but I wish Li-Po was made for high tempertures haha. The user manual for the powerbank said temperatures of 80 degrees celcius was good so could it be that?
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