cigarette lighter socket...
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cigarette lighter socket...
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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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?
How many miles on your car?
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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?
How many miles on your car?
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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