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DEG5Y Member Since: 22 Jul 2016 Location: Widnes Posts: 172 |
Using a charger, the imediate voltage you read whether the charger is still fitted and charging or just removed is the charging voltage. the charging voltage tends to be higher than the voltage that the battery will then settle at (even when disconnected from any source of drain.), over a period of time.
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27th Jul 2024 10:54 am |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
Are you double locking your car?
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27th Jul 2024 1:10 pm |
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Bogart Member Since: 20 May 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 542 |
Yes always double lock. I realise the charging voltage is higher than it will settle down to. Am just wondering what is drawing the 0.4A as there is nothing on inside. I will put on a fast charge as see what it stops charging at with that. |
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27th Jul 2024 4:27 pm |
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I Like Chips Member Since: 25 Jun 2017 Location: Ascott Under Wychwood Posts: 1546 |
Here are my results
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27th Jul 2024 8:51 pm |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 |
Checking the battery voltage after unlocking the car and waking up all the ecu's will give your a lower reading.
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27th Jul 2024 9:35 pm |
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Bogart Member Since: 20 May 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 542 |
Am thinking it might be the dashcam. Disconnecting the ammeter yesterday evening the dashcam sprang to life or shut down not sure which. This then repeated itself as I reconnected the battery. So I will disconnect the dashcam and see the current draw then. |
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28th Jul 2024 7:14 am |
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Bogart Member Since: 20 May 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 542 |
Had stupidly wired dashcam into a constant live feed. Cannot remeber which feed I used on my last one.
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28th Jul 2024 10:21 am |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
People deliberately connect their dashcams to a permanent live feed so that incidents can be recorded when the car is parked and shut down not realising that in effect the dashcam is never turned off. The so called ‘battery savers’ that they supply are set too low a voltage for a car like a Freelander 2. It would be better (but more expensive) to feed the dashcam from a separate battery which in turn can be charged by the car when it is running. |
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28th Jul 2024 10:33 am |
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Bogart Member Since: 20 May 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 542 |
Mine has facailty to record if car is bumped. If that works I making assumption that dashcam internal battery will suffice for that. Though not sure how big a knock is supposed to activate it. |
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28th Jul 2024 10:45 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4907 |
It's not difficult to run an auxiliary battery off the car (unpowered when the engine is off).
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28th Jul 2024 11:26 am |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
Think about it, if it takes 0.4 of an amp to run the dashcam and that is flattening your starter battery, how long do you think that the tiny battery or capacitor inside the dashcam is going to run it? |
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28th Jul 2024 12:55 pm |
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Bogart Member Since: 20 May 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 542 |
They reckon 15 minutes. Enough to capture the event. |
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28th Jul 2024 12:59 pm |
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BossBob Member Since: 30 Sep 2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1402 |
But the dash cam system is live all the time so as to monitor for the event and if it stores frames from before the event (as some do) it must be constantly recording and discarding images. |
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28th Jul 2024 2:18 pm |
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Bogart Member Since: 20 May 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 542 |
That is what I am unsure about. With the car locked the dashcam switched off there is no current drawn worth talking of. Unsure how it is supposed to start up and record in a quick enough fashion is beyond me. |
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28th Jul 2024 5:05 pm |
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