Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[j]

HOW CAN I HOOKUP A WIRELESS NIGHTWATCH IN MY
CAR. SO ICAN VEIW THE INSIDE OF MY CAR WHEN
IT IS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY

[duckman dave]

Hi J,  I have a Xcam2 on my sunvisor,
pluged into a A C inverter ( 150 watts)
which also powers a vcr, video receiver and
5" bw tv for monitor. You need only a (75
watt) inverter and set up your receiver
with in 100 feet.
Mine stays on all day so I can see my
Truck from my work.

[j]

leaving it on all the time would it kill the
battery dave.

[duckman dave]

Hi J, I leave the system on from 7 AM to 11,
then drive home (dinner)then back to work
from 12.30 to 4 .I have not run the battery
down and out yet. It's a average battery in
a S 10 pickup. Also the TV and VCR are
off.I watch a monitor while at work.

[anonymous]

If it is parked in the drive why would you
need to see inside the car?
I would think a view from the outside would
be better.If you need to see it at all
times and at work I could understand a set
up for in the car.  Outside cam and censor
set up to record with alarm inside would be
more helpful. As to wiring a cam in the car
I don’t agree with some of the ways done
here. I told my son about amps,volts used
but he went ahead wiring his sound system
up and had to replace his battery and
alternator because of to much power draw
after it burned up..It might not go bad
today but you can figure if not done
correct you won’t get the full life of the
units in use.
2pyrs

[keelay]

If it is parked in the drive why would you
need to see inside the car?
I would think a view from the outside would
be better.If you need to see it at all
times and at work I could understand a set
up for in the car.  Outside cam and censor
set up to record with alarm inside would be
more helpful. As to wiring a cam in the car
I don’t agree with some of the ways done
here. I told my son about amps,volts used
but he went ahead wiring his sound system
up and had to replace his battery and
alternator because of to much power draw
after it burned up..It might not go bad
today but you can figure if not done
correct you won’t get the full life of the
units in use.
2pyrs
 

Easy boy.   Have a little imagination. You don't need to understand why he needed to watch his car by wireless video camera.  He says he needs to so he needs to.   

The way he solved it works. 

You mentioned that you told your son about amps, volts used for his sound system.  Based on your short blurp about general electrical terms, I'm not sure you have a deep grasp of the electrical subject.  Now while unfortunately for your son, his install did damage to his car, and while this did coincide with your warnings to him about making changes, it doesn't make you right.  And it definately doesn't make you an expert at warning others about making changes to electrical systems.   

The single most important point here is the camera draws 80 milliamps of power.  at 12 volts that is 0.96Watts.  That is tiny!  To put it to point.  Almost all aftermarket stereos today boast at least 50W total RMS power.  That is just to the speakers.  The unit's usually draw a similar amount.  So that makes an estimated - whopping 100W at decent volume.   We are talking over 100x more power drawn by your son's system. 

Case in point.  I did mod my own sound system in my car.  I have a new deck running 80 Watts total RMS and a 200W subwoofer.  I can listen to my car stereo at decent volume with the car off for over an hour WITHOUT Draining the battery (no mods to my alternator or battery setup - and no damage either I might add).  To extrapolate this example to the camera.  I could apparently run it for 100 hours without draining the battery.

Please be helpful next time and give the poster a shadow of a doubt that his usage might actually be warranted and that what he did might be technically safe not to mention reasonably well implemented.

[HA Dave]

I would think a view from the outside would be better.

Laws vary from state-to-state. Viewing/recording a passerby is exceptable some places... but may not be everywhere. Only viewing/recording the inside.. does require a person to actually break-in and trespass to be recorded. I like that idea.

[daytona7]

Not sure if this post is up to date or even still being read but here goes.  I am thinking of installing my x-10 camera in the rear window of my RV Trailer to use as a back up camera.  Receiver will be in the front of my pick-up truck possibly attached to my laptop.  I want to use the wireless with remote due to a hassle of running a hard wire, waterproof connection, holes in both for the hard wire and lazyness of getting out of the truck in inclimate weather to turn on the sender camera.  Will the camera transmit  through a thin aluminum skin and mirror in the trailer and the rear window of the truck?  Have tested the camera a few years back with the receiver in a cinder block basement with fluorescent ceiling lights turned on attached to a TV/VCR while I walked around outside a distance away testing the reception and range and got good reception even though the TV/VCR was a cheap RCA that has problems recording anything anytime for the first couple of minutes.

[dave w]

  Will the camera transmit  through a thin aluminum skin and mirror in the trailer and the rear window of the truck? 

datona7

I don't think anyone will be able to give you a definitive answer on this since RF propagation is unpreditable without looking at each specific situation. If you have a window in the front of your trailer and can mount the X10 receiver in the back window of your truck, i.e. if you stand at the back window of yout trailer and look forward, can you see the rear view mirror in your truck?  if so,  my guess is you have a pretty good chance of getting a picture.