Dedicated Dashcam Batteries vs. Portable USB Battery Packs
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2018
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This might be one of the best lessons in battery usage for a specific purpose. Simple and informative. Thanks.
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There is another solution, car jump starter batteries. Bigger capacity, 12v, basically same features, with extra functionality and they are also car safe as they are packed with the same lithium iron phosphate batteries.
How could you do this?
@@pattilb1211 Did you ever learn the secret?
An outstanding introduction to the two different battery types. Thank you for sharing the info!
I had been wondering about the dedicated battery packs. Thanks for the video.
in the uk we dont have sun so il be fine
Really? Have you every checked the temperature inside your car when it is parked facing the sun and the windows are up?
@@rrrogster Whoooosh.
Ben Matheson 🤣
Did it work for you mate?? I'm in Australia 🇦🇺 which puts me in the s#%t lol
Thanks so much for the clear explanation. You've answered my question about the myth battery.
Great video! Cleared up a lot of questions I had about batteries, charging and safety. Thank you.
Very informative video. Thanks also for giving clear examples along the way, it shows you’ve really used both sets of batteries extensively.
Thanks! Very informative. I've never owned a dash cam and this is one part of the equation that I have never thought about.
Thoroughly explanation as usual 👍
been waiting for this video long time... thanks for the video
Instead of buying this battery backup being advertised at 6000mah which is 6ah and will last up to 20 hrs with both camers active in parking mode. Put a battery isolator in your car, buy an extra and separate car battery and hook the blackvue camera system to the battery on the isolator... say a 90ah battery. Using this, with blackvues battery at $300ish gets 20 hours in parking mode. Using a battery isolator with a 90ah battery... 300 hours in park mode... at half the cost. 🤫
There's more than one way to skin a cat. :)
it's complicated to cleanly store an extra 12v car battery in a car. that would be in the trunk, and be in the way.
@@neojack333 buy a small motorcycle battery. 5x more capacity at half the cost and about the same size. The question is can it be recharged fast enough.
Very interesting. Always thought blackvue was overpriced for only 20hrs. I need at least 48hrs for 4 180 degree cameras for total surround recording while parked. Living in NYC someone’s always messing with your car. Directly or indirectly.
Will the camera “Parking Mode” functionality will work if i would add a auxiliary battery and plug the camera directly to it? Who would the camera know when it is the time to go to “continuously mode” or in “parking mode”. ??
one of the most informative videos that explains all the different angles. Thank you!
You’re like my best friend right now. Excellent video with crucial information I was looking for. Bravo!
perfect video for what i was looking for, answered most of my questions.
Excellent vid With a brilliant explanation. I have the same anker jump starter battery in my car, I love it
I was thinking of doing that, thank you so much for the info sir !
This actually was very helpful. I'll admit I was annoyed about how much the Blackvue B-124X kit cost. I still think it's a bit pricey, but the video makes it more clear as to the why.
Great vid!! I was just wondering about this.
@vortexradar i need ur help. I have a togaurd backup camera directly connected to my fuse box. Since the install, I noticed my car having battery drainage issues. I did a voltage test battery and the togaurd appeared fine. When I keep the togaurd plugged it.... I still get battery issues. When I unplug the power supply to the mirror, I don’t have issues. Any idea what I should do or why it’s like that?
Thanks a lot for clearing my all doubts...
I was literally searching for this kind of a video...
Personal experience most battery banks can charge, and output at the same time, they only stop power output for a second when plugged in, most likely some sort of safety reset. You can also diy a battery bank with a TP4056 micro USB 5V 1A lithium battery charger board with output, that doesn't cut power output unless battery voltage drops below 3v, hook board output up to a 5v 1A usb step up converter, which should be more than enough for any dash cam.
This is true especially of the name brand, like Anker, batteries. With the no name brand of the week Chinese designed junk that Amazon pushes however all bets are off. It also depends on how much power you need to pull from the pack and your charging source. If you’re pulling 2 amps and charging at 2.4 amps the battery will receive little if any charge due to efficiency losses. Dash cam specs often specify 2 amps at 5 volts but typically draw more like 0.3 to 1 amp when recording. In reality unless you’re going to park your car somewhere risky for days at a time the 1.5 to 5 watts of power won’t drain your vehicles battery that much. 10 hours at work would be 50 watt hours worst case. A car battery can deliver over 500 watt hours and still start the car. So you’re only using 10% of your car battery’s effective accessory capacity. And those numbers are all conservative. A dash cam could do say 10 fps in parking mode to reduce power consumption until it detects an incident. You can buy security cameras now that run 24x7 for up to a year on small internal batteries. They do so by only recording when they detect something worth recording.
Great review, you really did some thorough research there.
how do you connect a dash cam to a power bank?
Very nice video explaining the differences. Keep up the good work. I actually have both CellLink Neo and then just bought the Blackvue B124 and have both hardwired.
Ah nice! What are your thoughts on how they compare?
Vortex Radar First of all, thanks for the vids you make, they're very helpful. Kudos and cheers! They're both pretty good and noticed that they're actually made by the same company Egen. I noticed that since B-124 was starting to sell, didn't see much of the Neo in the market. Charging wise they're great and for the longest time, I had the Neo connected through the self connect (Cig Lghtr socket) but I found a video on my particular car and finally hardwired it, what a difference. I like how the expansion packs are sold too and compatible with the B124 but they're just as expensive as the main battery pack, lol. I couldn't get it now but maybe in future as I start getting more devices connected. Thanks again for your stuff.
Excellent video! It answered many questions I had about the dash cam batteries.
Thanks, this was super informative!
there are bad reviews of that battery pack (blackvue) on amazon, I dont know what to do....
WOW! Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Awesome video..great presentation as always
Very informative! Can you use the jump start battery with in and out (charge and supply power at the same time) with the Jump Start Battery same as you can with the dedicated dash cam battery?
Very informative, I learn something new today
very informative!
but theres omething i never fing the answer to :
Start-stop equiupped SUV's are usually equipped with batteries rated at usually 70Ah, so roughly 840Wh,
wouldnt that power a 160mA/h dashcam for over 500 hours ?
am i calculating something wrong or why is it a bad idea to just use a powermagic pro and no additional battery?
thanks!
Great info and exactly what I was looking for. Thx
hello, you think i can recharge the battery with solar charge ? regars.
Great informative video. Thanks a lot!
Great video, thanks for the information.
Excellent summary!...having issues with powering a GLC 300de PHEV. 12Volt fuses seem to be on a regulator which every so often drops to 3Volt for a few seconds which kills the Blackvue in park mode...was going to feed the permanent ( Non ignition)12Volt supply through a battery pack to get the 6 hours shut down that I wanted...
Great information here. Thanks!
Great stuff, thanks for the education!
Extremely helpful review Dude thx for your time and effort! Peace
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
Great to hear!
Very informative. Thank you.
If you use cigarette lighter for powering the black Vue battery do you unplug when you turn car off?
Thank you for teaching the general public about how dangerous portable lithium battery packs can be in a car with extreme temperatures.
I don't think offhand that Lithium battery mfrs warn you of heat danger.
Damn good video. Thank you very much for the information!
Nice video but in my country the sun is scorching hot and no one sends this dedicated car batteries to my country. is there a temperature resistant power banks (extreme weather or something? heat is the problem over here.) thanks in advance.
This video was very helpful. Thanks.
Such great explanation!
Thanks for the video 👍
You convinced me for sure. Thank you.
I will simply go with a high end battery bank with built in protection.......... and never waste money on overpriced dedicated dashcam batteries.
But would have been helpful o how to use the normal mobile battery packs to power a dash
Great explanation. Thank you.
Hi I really like your videos and I need your help/input. I have the blackvue b-124 and it powers my dr750-2ch. I went on a 1 week vacation and when I came back my car battery was dead. I thought when the car was turned off the b-124 will power my dashcam and once the b-124 is drained it will not get power from my car. Is that make sense? I have 2019 mazda 3 and it was plugged in the cigarette port. Thanks in advance!
I have a cell battery pack and it doesn't put my camera into motion sensor mode so it just stays on constantly while parked. Drains the battery quickly.
Hi! I really like your videos and you really helped me a lot. Thanks for you I bought the R3 and a dr900s and B124 battery. I love them! However I have a problem now. The dr 900s always connect and disconnect to the internet over and over again. Please help me out. Thank you
Is it possible to use a large battery booster such as Autogen 4500 A to supply the dashcam for a long time ??
Is there any point me using one of these battery banks if I am using my car every day as I have had my inverter and a cheap $/£20 dashcam on for days and seems to not had any issues starting car
What issue did people have with the "dashcam in parking mode video" noticed 1k down votes and comment disabled
thanks for the video! it's great content!
But what if i only need a battery pack to run the camera only in parking mode at night time
you would have to change the battery every few nights, and charge at home
Where do i buy the Usb cord for the main front camera to connect to the small portable batterys
The Blackvue battery seems to have some bad reviews as well as connector burning issues? Your thoughts?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge of all these. I am interested in adding a dash cam, especially for the Parking Mode. But I am put off by having to either wire this to my car battery or buying an expensive, one purpose Cellink Neo or the like.
Do you have any reason to doubt whether a Jackery or Yeti, or any other external battery popular with off-grid/campervan enthusiasts, could also do the job of running a dash cam, especially in parking mode?
2 yrs ago but there is always the heat caused fire danger of Lithium
Excellent video. You nailed it.
I have some large 4.0ah batteries for my power tools and a usb adapter for it.. I thinking about using it here and there. Just wondering kinda how to setup parking mode with a usb powerbank. Temperature isnt an issue where I am. As far as recharge time, my quick charger will do my 18v drill batteries in about 30- 1hour depending on the size. I have a couple 1.5ah, 1 3.0ah with the 27000 cells instead of 18650s and also a 4.0.. I wouldnt use it likely on a daily basis but say if i went out somewhere for the day and was gona be parked a while.
Edit: i thought (which you confirmed) i would have to switch power cord from lighter to powerbank and enable manually parking mode so you answered my question.
Any possibility of a Solar Panel to keep things charged and running?
Well explained much appreciated
It sounds so simple after you explain it.
Stupid question, but could you not place the smaller portable battery packs in a cooler with ice packs if you are using it for your dash cam in park mode during the summertime?
Can’t you just unplug it when you’re not driving and turn it off when u don’t want to record? Would the portable battery last hours of driving?
Watching this video at 2021, but most of this was true even at 2018.
1.many of the power banks can infact charge while also operating (charging) a phone (or dashcam). People use it as backup for home cameras.
2.most of the power banks can fully charge in less than one hour. I own a 10000 mah power bank which fully charged In less than 40 minuter (and yes, can at same time transfer charge to connected device). I also have a jump starter (136000 mah) which can be used to charge phones etc, also charges in one hour.
3.perhaps weather is a factor, but not for everyone. You could use it safely just like you use a phone inside the car.
Excellent! You answered my question Thank you👍👍
Awesome vid. Thank u
Brilliant video!! Finally someone explained the reasoning.. Well done. Loved it!! Love your videos.
Should be just able to stop at "Li-ion can explode in hot temperatures" and that should be enough of a reason.
Safety is important, yes. However, some people don't live in areas with hot temperatures, so that doesn't apply to them.
Coming from an engineer, you nailed it! Yes, Ah and Wh is basic power law with time factored in, but it still requires a good understanding of Volts, Amps and Watts. Nice job!
Great video...I was wondering about this
Thanks for this video, it is something I have wanted to stress to people for awhile. Using the cellink neo and power magic ultra this year I can't stress less how important it is that i can drive 10-15 minutes to work and have enough charge to record all day. with lithium ion batteries you're gonna quickly end up with a dead battery and it'll be impossible to drive enough on a daily commute to keep it charged. With the cellink battery b i would always shut off my thinkware cam off at home to save battery, but with these new ones I don't ever worry and let them run all the time and still charges quick enough. fantastic batteries.
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Great video helped me a lot, I was wondering on this subject txs AWFULLY, liked and subbd
Those jumpstarter packs are amazing. I had one that finally died but i jumped a few cars and also used it to charge my phone many times..
Appreciate the info. Will you be testing the iroad which is on preorder from blackboxmycar? I live in the desert where upwards of 90 degrees is common and I've considered the iroad for its heat resiliency. I'm wondering if it's a better idea for my situation than the blackvue 900 or even 750.
I have no plans to test it. They asked me to when it first came out, but it doesn't look like it has anything super appealing and I wanna test out cameras that have something unique that we haven't seen before. It's really similar to the F800 Pro and DR750S type cameras. Maybe once I finish everything else that's a higher priority then I could take a look at it, but I have no plans to at this point.
Very informative. Thanks.
Finally a video I can just show to those who ask why I bought a dedicated dashcam battery instead of a portable power bank.
You don't need to press button to charge - most devices start automatically. The Ravpower usb battery packs can charge and output at the same time...
Are you sure the li iron phosphate batteries are charging the dashcam while being charged as well and are not just using a relais to link the 12V of the car directly to the dashcam? Cause that would make more sense and would be more efficient.
What about the portable battery banks that allow Pass though charging ( being used while charging )
great!! thank you so much, you are awesome ;)
Is there a particular reason I couldn't purchase a 12v, 100Ah LiFePO4 battery and wire it in parallel (and a low voltage cut off) with my 12v lead acid car battery? Will this damage either battery?
Yee, there is a reason , and is the same reason why you haven’t got any answer until now: it-s because it FUkCing cheap to DIY . They are paid by companies to promote their shits and that whould be contraproductive to advise you how to save money. Instead, they advise you how to SPEnD money!!! Keep this in mind!
thanks for always making such helpful videos. have you try connecting viofo a129pro to this battery pack does the parking mode work. thanks
What if I just use the anker battery pack to charge my wifihotspot in rear of car?
Hi what kind of battery would you recommend to attach to a dual dash cam all night.
I have had the hard wired to my battery..but to no avail.
Now i am looking into a portable battery for all weather..
Which would be your pick?
Thanks
If you're using a Blackvue dashcam, I'd say go with a B-124x. bit.ly/2rPjOLj
If you're using another brand like a Thinkware, go with the Cellink Neo. bit.ly/2ooXpCM
Hello VR🙂, I am curious about what you think of the Vezo 360 Dashcam. I don't have a lot of money but think it looks good.
I got your reply.
Thanks.
The dr900s is it the same as the dr900x which is a new one.
Are all the dash cams can be used with a power pack? If do which is the most simple camera can use a power pack?
Thanks
The DR900X has a number of improvements over the DR900S discussed here: ruclips.net/video/Y53-_3IXD8g/видео.html
I suppose you could technically use just about any dashcam with a battery, provided you use the proper cabling. Different dashcams have different types of parking mode recording though which is way beyond the scope of this video.
Do these batteries fit all kinds of cameras؟
Thank you. I bought one of those small battery jumpstart units and it puffed up from being left in the boot. LAME! I also want to keep a small phone charger in the car for emergencies (my phone batteries went flat once when I was on the phone to roadside assistance and my car batt was dead too), so now I know the drawbacks.
Does ((Anker PowerCore+ 26800))
Can link to dash cam?
I'm very impressed by this video.
I have a question can it be possible to hardwire set up a power Magic Ultra battery as a primary parking mode source and when it no longer have charge haven't caught off and have it switch over to the magic Power Pro?
Nope. It doesn’t work that way and you wouldn’t want to have the ultra battery (which tries to take a lot of power in) trying to charge itself from your car battery while parked which is what it’ll do.
@@VortexRadar I was trying to figure out what to do with the power Magic Pro which came in a bundle with the cameras, and I also have the power magic Ultra battery which I will used primarily for the hardwire.
Does this dedicated external battery works with different kinds of dash cameras? or specific with the same brand of cams??
As long as you use the proper cabling, it’s fine.