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Old Feb 25, 2016 | 06:35 PM
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Just had brain freeze!!! Could the fact that my dash cam is put into the lighter socket cause the battery to drain while the car is off? The dash cam turns off when I shut down car but it has a small internal chargeable battery. Perhaps it still draws a current draining the battery? Thanks!!!
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 04:57 AM
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Try it without it being plugged in and if it doesn't drain the battery, you found your source. Although I have my Max360 detector in the cig socket and it shuts off when the car is off, so it's possible there is a bad battery or your alt is not charging the battery when on.
How many miles on your car?
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 07:43 AM
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Try it without it being plugged in and if it doesn't drain the battery, you found your source. Although I have my Max360 detector in the cig socket and it shuts off when the car is off, so it's possible there is a bad battery or your alt is not charging the battery when on.
How many miles on your car?
The question is whether there is still current in the cigarette lighter while the car is off that could be charging the internal battery of the dash cam. My car has 100000 K.
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by shamrode
The question is whether there is still current in the cigarette lighter while the car is off that could be charging the internal battery of the dash cam. My car has 100000 K.
Does your camera have any sort of motion/movement/bump sensor detection where it could turn on, on its own? I have heard of this draining the battery before.
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 10:02 AM
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Does your camera have any sort of motion/movement/bump sensor detection where it could turn on, on its own? I have heard of this draining the battery before.
It definately has a motion sensor however I thought that this was so it would save the recording if it felt impact while driving.
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Old Feb 26, 2016 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by shamrode
It definately has a motion sensor however I thought that this was so it would save the recording if it felt impact while driving.
If it has any sort of motion sensor/parking mode also, whether it turns on or not can drain the car battery. I see a lot of people get separate mini chargers/batteries and hook up to that just in case. They also have battery discharges.
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 04:59 AM
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If it has any sort of motion sensor/parking mode also, whether it turns on or not can drain the car battery. I see a lot of people get separate mini chargers/batteries and hook up to that just in case. They also have battery discharges.
But if the cig plug has no juice when the car is off, would the camera not just run itself out of juice regardless if the camera has motion sensors or not or the ability to turn itself off or on? Would it not just run itself out?
Id be curious if the car can sense this and turn on power to the plug if it senses off and on powered circuitry.
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 09:37 AM
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I have a dash cam plugged into the lighter port and never had a battery issue. I've let the car sit for two weeks at a time before starting. I have the Blackvue cam
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by WESLEY KAY
I have a dash cam plugged into the lighter port and never had a battery issue. I've let the car sit for two weeks at a time before starting. I have the Blackvue cam
Same here.

How old is your battery? How often do you drive the car? If the car sits for long periods, that will kill the battery. Most of the time it comes from the security system running it down.
We have the same problem in my wife's cobra due to it sitting for long periods of time without being cranked.
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 09:17 PM
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Probably 2 1/2 years old. I drive it on the weekends. In the winter I can go a week maybe two without starting. So far so good, but I know it's all downhill from here with battery life. I'll start it next winter regularly without driving.
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Originally Posted by WESLEY KAY
Probably 2 1/2 years old. I drive it on the weekends. In the winter I can go a week maybe two without starting. So far so good, but I know it's all downhill from here with battery life. I'll start it next winter regularly without driving.
If you drive it every weekend, then you shouldn't be having a problem with the battery providing you are driving it long enough.
I bet the battery is bad. You can take it to a local parts store like Advance, O'Reillys, etc for a free battery test
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 09:25 PM
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If you drive it every weekend, then you shouldn't be having a problem with the battery providing you are driving it long enough.
I bet the battery is bad. You can take it to a local parts store like Advance, O'Reillys, etc for a free battery test
You must be confusing me with the op...lol. My battery is fine. But thanks for the help!
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Old Feb 28, 2016 | 09:30 PM
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You must be confusing me with the op...lol. My battery is fine. But thanks for the help!

Oops, yes my reply was intended for the OP
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