Good point about the ignition switch...

I have everything off the 10 connected to the Aux Battery, so running a
line from that seems like the better option. Should I gather that running a
wire up the A pillar is a nightmare?

-MB

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:29 AM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I did that for a while until I moved the unit under the dash so that it
> would turn off
> with the ignition key.   The one I have uses 5V so you have to step down
> the voltage.
> I use a 12V to 5V step down transformer for mine similar to this one:
>
>
>
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Car-Boat-DC-DC-12V-to-5V-USB-3A-15W-Converter-Regulator-Adapter-Step-Down-Buck-M/263433006557?hash=item3d55d4addd:g:8lIAAOSw9qJacTZA
>
>
> Steven
> 91 Westy
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 10:10 AM Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of wiring, can one tap the courtesy light above the driver to
> > power one of these things?
> >
> >
> > -MB
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 9:36 AM Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I have a combination dash cam/ navigator that I got from TomTop a couple
> >> years ago.   I bought it
> >> because after looking for a head unit with flip out DVD screen I gave up
> >> because none of them had
> >> HD radio.   About 6 months ago I finally got the back-up camera wired
> and
> >> working.  The rest was
> >> pretty easy except for the power connection.   I ended up with a 12V to
> 5V
> >> transformer that I routed
> >> the 5V wire up along the windshield weather stripping as I could not
> >> successfully route it up the
> >> A pillar.   (dang it!).    It works great except when wearing sunglasses
> >> which the polarization blocks
> >> the video.   So I wear flip up sunglasses over my regular glasses when
> >> driving so I can flip them out
> >> of the way when I need to see that map or whatever.   Otherwise, I'm
> happy
> >> with the all in one unit.
> >>
> >> Steven
> >> 91 Westy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:00 PM Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm kinda particular about what's stuck on my windshield, so we have
> >> > dashcams that slip over the rear view mirror:
> >> > https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B078TXVY1F
> >> >
> >> > Luckily haven't needed them, but they're unobtrusive.
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 10:14 PM KI4TLF <ki4tlf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > I've got one in my car, a Garmin 55.  Pretty much a basic one, but
> >> with a
> >> > > 128Gb SD card installed.  It proved that I had the green when I was
> >> hit
> >> > in
> >> > > the side by a red light runner.
> >> > >
> >> > > GregM
> >> > >
> >> > > -----Original Message-----
> >> > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> >> Behalf
> >> > > Of David Beierl
> >> > > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2020 8:13 PM
> >> > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >> > > Subject: Re: Other driving distractions - who has a dash cam?
> >> > >
> >> > > I haven't got one, but it would have helped me in a hit and run
> >> sideswipe
> >> > > last year that ate my cladding and crumpled B pillar a bit.
> >> > >
> >> > > Yrs,
> >> > > d
> >> > >
> >> > > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 9:10 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > I’ve had a viofo A119s for a year and a half. Haven’t had to use
> it
> >> for
> >> > > > any traffic event, it just sits up there on windscreen in front of
> >> rear
> >> > > > view mirror, doing its thing.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Anyone else have a dash cam installed, and any comments?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Alistair
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> > Mark Belanger - mbelanger@gmail.com
> >
>

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