Hello!
I'm new to the forum and not sure what to expect, but am hoping someone can shed some light on my situation. Basically I have this dashcam; 2 of them actually. Both of them have zero life left in the batteries. Doesn't matter how long they charge for when the car is on. As soon as power is cut to them when I turn the car off, they instantly turn off and the last few moments of video on the memory card become corrupt and cannot be viewed.
What I am hoping to be able to do is swap out the battery with a more reliable super capacitor that will provide enough power to allow the camera to run its 15 second shutdown cycle or at least provide the camera with a "low battery warning" state so it can save the footage before powering down.
Anyone have any experience in that field? If it's possible, what kind of super capacitor would I be looking for? Hopefully they can be small enough that it will fit in the camera (see picture). The battery doesn't have any sort of voltage information on it so I'm not sure what kind of power is being supplied to the circuitry.
http://imgur.com/a/68LY0
Any questions or solutions please post here!
Thanks,
Sean
I'm new to the forum and not sure what to expect, but am hoping someone can shed some light on my situation. Basically I have this dashcam; 2 of them actually. Both of them have zero life left in the batteries. Doesn't matter how long they charge for when the car is on. As soon as power is cut to them when I turn the car off, they instantly turn off and the last few moments of video on the memory card become corrupt and cannot be viewed.
What I am hoping to be able to do is swap out the battery with a more reliable super capacitor that will provide enough power to allow the camera to run its 15 second shutdown cycle or at least provide the camera with a "low battery warning" state so it can save the footage before powering down.
Anyone have any experience in that field? If it's possible, what kind of super capacitor would I be looking for? Hopefully they can be small enough that it will fit in the camera (see picture). The battery doesn't have any sort of voltage information on it so I'm not sure what kind of power is being supplied to the circuitry.
http://imgur.com/a/68LY0
Any questions or solutions please post here!
Thanks,
Sean
