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#1 ChubytheMINI

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Posted 11 March 2017 - 12:18 AM

So I'm looking at a proper dash cam. I'm using my phone currently but always a pain to take it on and off the windscreen so I want a proper one but they require a cigarette lighter however I don't have one in my car so how can I wire one up?


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#2 jaysmini1983

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Posted 11 March 2017 - 08:50 AM

i have a next base dash cam.

You can buy a hard wire cable for it that you can wire into the car, or just do the same and wire in a fag lighter socket,

its a positive and negative, easiest would be from the back of the stereo, just use an inline 10amp fuse.


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#3 JBW

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Posted 11 March 2017 - 09:14 AM

I have cheap Ebay ones in all my cars, about £10 to £12 inc  branded SD card, use hardwired power supplies from a Chinese Ebayer that cost under £3 with them.They are wired to an ignition switched live.

They all work well, when I had an accident last year, I could clearly see it was my fault !



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Posted 11 March 2017 - 09:35 PM

I've got a Roadhawk (all the truckers which came into my work had one) in my daily and Nextbase ones in all the others.

Hardwire them in to save you a cigarette lighter socket and forgetting to plug them in. Some insurers (not all) will lower your premium however be careful as they will request your footage in the event of a claim - who ever was to blame,




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