![]() Through testing it was easy to see this, when the car was turned off the camera continued to run for about 3 seconds afterwards.Ĭonstant voltage applied, note dash cam is powered off.Īcc voltage applied, note dash cam is now powered on.įirst order of business was to find constant 12v power and acc 12v power… so I pulled out the multi meter and found fuse location 10 (constant) and 23 (acc). What I mean is when the car is turned off, the power to the camera would be cut immediately and the camera would not have had a chance to shut down gracefully. It made sense after playing with this, because if the camera were to work just off acc power it would never shut down cleanly unless it had some internal circuitry/battery. My testing came to the conclusion that the acc ignition power wire was basically a normally open switch, but when energized, it closed and the camera powered on. As a first time dash cam installer I thought the camera could just operate on acc power (ignition 12 v), I didn’t understand why the camera needed constant 12v and acc (ignition) 12v so before installing the camera in the car I did some testing externally to better understand. ![]() In my opinion, the manual provided did not give great directions for installing the camera into the fuse box. I wanted to go the fuse box route for installation, it’s much cleaner and routing the cable in the civic took minimal time, maybe 10 minutes max. As you can see it uses the 3M double-sided tape, so once you stick it, it should hold solidly. It’s very small and covert when installed, seems solid with great build quality. Manual + Registration Card (extends warranty by 6 months to 30 months warranty).Cigarette Lighter/12 Volt Accessory Power Cable. ![]()
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