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Old 06-09-2018, 03:40 PM   #1
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Has anyone hardwired a Dashcam Battery Pack to the trunk?

So today I hardwired the Cellink Neo Battery pack for dash cams into my fuse box in the trunk. The point of the battery is to power the dash cam while the vehicle off for parking mode. It should ONLY draw power from the battery when the vehicle is on. Originally I wired it to what the manual describes as the amplifier fuse. I assumed it would only receive power when the vehicle is on but I was incorrect.

Ok that didn't work but in the trunk box is also a fuse for the wireless charger. The battery draws 9 amps of power when set to hi and the wireless charger fuse is a 5 amp. My stupid ass basically blew the 5 amp fuse. I replaced it with a 10 amp and the add a fuse is also a 10.
Battery properly only charges now only when the vehicle is on but when I have it set to Hi battery for faster charging the app for the battery is kicking out a low voltage warning.
I dropped the battery to low draw(which is technically meant for when the battery is connected to the DC plug inside the car.) and it's fine but just charging slower.

I'm assuming this fuse outlet is only putting out a small amount of power causing the warning, is there a better fuse in the trunk that would give me full power and only when the vehicle is on?

Car is a 2LT.

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Old 06-12-2018, 04:16 PM   #2
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near as I can tell every fuse in the trunk but maybe 2 or 3 provide constant power. the 2 that provided ignition switched power don't provide enough.
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Old 06-18-2018, 01:24 AM   #3
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Get yourself an automotive relay (like this), use the (+) on switched fuse in the trunk at pin 86, ground pin 85, connect pin 30 directly to your battery with a large enough wire and 20a fuse, pin 87 will then feed your device all the power it can handle
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