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Parking mode and parasitic draw
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Use the garage door opener wires. Key on/power on. It's how I power my camera.
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Do you get constant power for parking mode with the garage door openers? I'd like to be able to capture any tampering or hits while I'm not present.
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Most cameras have a built in battery. You can set a sensitivity setting so it turns on to record for 3 minutes or so. Some cameras can be set to record for a short time period after power it cut off. The only power overhead that I think would work, would be the red nose sensor. Or the internal motion sensor. The ash tray port has power all the time, I think. A camera running all night shouldn't drain a good battery. After a day or two, the battery would be too low to start up.
The glove fuse box has usable power. After you wire in the camera, you can use a voltmeter to determine amp draw. Find the fuse and measure voltage drop across the fuse. The X5 has to be in sleep mode.
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'06 X5 3.0i - bought @143,123 miles (12/26/20) Last edited by X5chemist; 10-23-2025 at 07:47 AM. |
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