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Auto electrical question not audio
Greetings,
I've been digging for a suitable newsgroup but this seems to be the closest I can find but it is slightly off-topic. I want to install into my 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid a driving recorder. There are two cameras that are 8-12V DC 300ma each and a quad signal processor/recorder that is 12V DC 200ma. My car already has a GPS navigation unit (factory installed so I don't have electrical statistics since they don't provide it), a custom sunroof (electrical), and a rear-view mirror that is attached to the electrical system for dimming when bright lights are behind me. What my specific questions are, whether the cameras/processor would be a huge drain on the electrical system that I intend to only be recording when the car is in movement and not when the engine isn't started. I'm hoping that people in this group will be more electrically knowledgeable than I am and could answer that question for me before I drop the money on the equipment. I've looked into some racecar camera kits and so on and they all have similar electrical needs so I don't think it'll be a problem but I want to make sure. Thanks, Shawn |
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"Shawn B." wrote in message . com... Greetings, I've been digging for a suitable newsgroup but this seems to be the closest I can find but it is slightly off-topic. I want to install into my 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid a driving recorder. There are two cameras that are 8-12V DC 300ma each and a quad signal processor/recorder that is 12V DC 200ma. My car already has a GPS navigation unit (factory installed so I don't have electrical statistics since they don't provide it), a custom sunroof (electrical), and a rear-view mirror that is attached to the electrical system for dimming when bright lights are behind me. What my specific questions are, whether the cameras/processor would be a huge drain on the electrical system that I intend to only be recording when the car is in movement and not when the engine isn't started. I'm hoping that people in this group will be more electrically knowledgeable than I am and could answer that question for me before I drop the money on the equipment. I've looked into some racecar camera kits and so on and they all have similar electrical needs so I don't think it'll be a problem but I want to make sure. Thanks, Shawn All those pieces together is a very small draw on the electrical system. Your car radio uses 10-20 times or more draw on your electrical system |
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Shawn B. wrote:
Greetings, I've been digging for a suitable newsgroup but this seems to be the closest I can find but it is slightly off-topic. I want to install into my 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid a driving recorder. There are two cameras that are 8-12V DC 300ma each and a quad signal processor/recorder that is 12V DC 200ma. My car already has a GPS navigation unit (factory installed so I don't have electrical statistics since they don't provide it), a custom sunroof (electrical), and a rear-view mirror that is attached to the electrical system for dimming when bright lights are behind me. What my specific questions are, whether the cameras/processor would be a huge drain on the electrical system that I intend to only be recording when the car is in movement and not when the engine isn't started. I'm hoping that people in this group will be more electrically knowledgeable than I am and could answer that question for me before I drop the money on the equipment. I've looked into some racecar camera kits and so on and they all have similar electrical needs so I don't think it'll be a problem but I want to make sure. Well, 300mA *2 + 200ma = 800mA... so AT MAXIMUM all that would draw less than an amp. There's very little in the car that would draw less than that. |
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Auto electrical question not audio
Just to add to what Matt and e-nigma have already said, your car's
electrical system is designed to have some excess capacity in the electrical system. There are many unknowns that car engineers must consider about the nature of how people use their cars. They must anticipate that at a user may want to blast their stereo, use a cell-phone, rear-window defogger, high-beams on, dome-light on, etc. all at the same time (and keep the battery fully charged!). Thererfore, all cars are designed with excess current capacity that ranges from 20 amps to 50 amps. By this I mean excess current above and beyond what is needed to simply keep the car running and the battery charged (meaning keeping the voltage above 12 volts). So, as was already stated by Matt and Enigma, there will be NO PROBLEM whatsover wit hrunning those video systems. MOSFET |
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Especially if you use ghetto video gear in your car that runs off its own
battery pack. In article , "MOSFET" wrote: Just to add to what Matt and e-nigma have already said, your car's electrical system is designed to have some excess capacity in the electrical system. There are many unknowns that car engineers must consider about the nature of how people use their cars. They must anticipate that at a user may want to blast their stereo, use a cell-phone, rear-window defogger, high-beams on, dome-light on, etc. all at the same time (and keep the battery fully charged!). Thererfore, all cars are designed with excess current capacity that ranges from 20 amps to 50 amps. By this I mean excess current above and beyond what is needed to simply keep the car running and the battery charged (meaning keeping the voltage above 12 volts). So, as was already stated by Matt and Enigma, there will be NO PROBLEM whatsover wit hrunning those video systems. MOSFET |
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Auto electrical question not audio
Especially if you use ghetto video gear in your car that runs off its own
battery pack. Yes, exactly right, Howdy. Especially if you use Ghetto video gear. MOSFET (I have no idea what he's talking about) |
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Auto electrical question not audio
You know something like a Magnavox 7” portable DVD player that you can just
duct tape on your dash and run off it's battery pack. Something like this http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...999/2359697_15. jpg In article , "MOSFET" wrote: Especially if you use ghetto video gear in your car that runs off its own battery pack. Yes, exactly right, Howdy. Especially if you use Ghetto video gear. MOSFET (I have no idea what he's talking about) |
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LOL
"This Image Temporarily Unavailable" No, I wouldn't think a picture of those words would play video very well. Hmmmm. MOSFET "Captain Howdy" wrote in message ... You know something like a Magnavox 7" portable DVD player that you can just duct tape on your dash and run off it's battery pack. Something like this http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...999/2359697_15. jpg In article , "MOSFET" wrote: Especially if you use ghetto video gear in your car that runs off its own battery pack. Yes, exactly right, Howdy. Especially if you use Ghetto video gear. MOSFET (I have no idea what he's talking about) |
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