Dashcam hard wiring & parking mode issues

[donmontalvo]

Yes, they do have a voltage cut off setting that is adjustable. What I am saying is I want to know how long it takes to drop a certain voltage. I also don’t want to wear out my battery prematurely especially the on board eTorque battery as I don’t know how it (if at all) is affected by deep cycling. My thinking is that I don’t want to be drawing the battery(s) down deep daily. Hope that makes sense.

Would love for someone to set me straight on this.

Ah makes sense. I'm still unsure if I should just run off my LiFePO4 kit. LOL

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[dragoneggs]

Ah makes sense. I'm still unsure if I should just run off my LiFePO4 kit. LOL

Absolutely… if you have LiFePO4 power on board, it’s a no brainer. My experience with two 100ampHr batteries in my small Class C RV powering the coach has been a game changer allowing ‘off the grid’ for several days or more. A little camera doing 1/sec recording in parking mode (I think that is the rate), does not consume much juice. The question is how much. If it is a daily driver, no issue. My Jeep can sit for a week or more if I am on business.

And yes… you can simply plug it in and let it do its thing. My problem is I am an engineer so I can’t.

 

[donmontalvo]

Absolutely… if you have LiFePO4 power on board, it’s a no brainer. My experience with two 100ampHr batteries in my small Class C RV powering the coach has been a game changer allowing ‘off the grid’ for several days or more. A little camera doing 1/sec recording in parking mode (I think that is the rate), does not consume much juice. The question is how much. If it is a daily driver, no issue. My Jeep can sit for a week or more if I am on business.

And yes… you can simply plug it in and let it do its thing. My problem is I am an engineer so I can’t.

I suppose you're right. Since Parking Mode is built in on the "X" series, it makes sense. It's my daily driver.

I'll need to move up from a 6 fuse box to a 12 fuse box.

 

[donmontalvo]

I suppose you're right. Since Parking Mode is built in on the "X" series, it makes sense. It's my daily driver.

I'll need to move up from a 6 fuse box to a 12 fuse box.

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