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blogpost: true | ||
date: 2020-01-01 | ||
author: Robpol86 | ||
location: San Francisco | ||
category: Projects | ||
tags: car, alltrack, TODO | ||
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# Trashcan | ||
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Bought this from Amazon: | ||
[display4top Auto Car Trash Can Bin Waste Container](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TCT96SH) | ||
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Sadly it's no longer available. | ||
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```{imgur-figure} BwicdEg | ||
:alt: Trashcan | ||
:width: 100% | ||
``` |
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blogpost: true | ||
date: 2020-02-15 | ||
author: Robpol86 | ||
location: San Francisco | ||
category: Projects | ||
tags: car, alltrack, TODO | ||
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# Front Dashcam Pair | ||
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```{imgur-figure} 9dVe8pY | ||
:width: 100% | ||
``` | ||
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I installed a BlackVue dashcam along with multiple batteries to get about 2 days of recording time while my vehicle is | ||
parked. I live in San Francisco and while my car is parked overnight in a garage, I occasionally park my car in the street | ||
and after a year nobody has broken in to steal the camera. | ||
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As a precaution I bought the tamper-proof case so a thief can't just pull out the wires and take the camera. Additionally I | ||
zip tied the wires tightly to the internal metal part of my rearview mirror (and threaded it through a narrow hole for more | ||
strength). Hopefully this means anyone that wants to steal the camera will need to bring a knife or scissors along, and I'm | ||
hoping those are the minority of opportunistic thieves in the city. | ||
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```{note} | ||
I suggest covering up unused ports on the BlackVue battery with electrical tape. When I was unplugging and plugging in wires | ||
I accidentally plugged the input power cable in the expansion port of the main battery, sending 12v from the battery back to | ||
my car. Luckily nothing broke but I kept getting ABS errors until I figured out my mistake. | ||
``` | ||
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## Items Purchased | ||
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BlackVue DR900S-2CH Dashcam | ||
: * $490 | ||
* Installed behind rearview mirror | ||
* 4K main camera | ||
* 1080p infrared second camera | ||
* WiFi, GPS, microSD slot | ||
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Blackvue B-124X Power Magic Ultra Battery Pack | ||
: * $330 | ||
* Installed in the cargo area | ||
* Comes with 3 meter long cables which just barely reached with no slack left | ||
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BlackVue B-124E Power Magic Ultra Battery Expansion | ||
: * $267 | ||
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## Front Camera Pair | ||
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I first installed just the two cameras in the front and wired them to the batteries in my cargo area. For now I didn't wire | ||
the batteries to my fuse panel, using the rear 12v outlet instead. | ||
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## Hardwire Batteries | ||
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Once I was happy with the cameras I finished the project by hardwiring the batteries to my fuse box. I used the included fuse | ||
taps and I used **15 amp** fuses. In the photos below you'll see two pairs of wires from my fusebox. I ran a second wire from | ||
a second tapped fuse since I may add a second pair of cameras in the future. I tapped | ||
[fuse 48 and 36](https://fuse-box.info/volkswagen/volkswagen-golf-vii-mk7-2013-2020-fuses). These are switched fuses so when | ||
the ignition is off they'll lose power and prevent the BlackVue battery from draining my car's battery when parked. | ||
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