This might be one of the best lessons in battery usage for a specific purpose. Simple and informative. Thanks.

@darwinnoah3329

2 жыл бұрын

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@juelzzander7687

2 жыл бұрын

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@darwinnoah3329

2 жыл бұрын

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@darwinnoah3329

2 жыл бұрын

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@juelzzander7687

2 жыл бұрын

@Darwin Noah You are welcome :)

An outstanding introduction to the two different battery types. Thank you for sharing the info!

I had been wondering about the dedicated battery packs. Thanks for the video.

Great video! Cleared up a lot of questions I had about batteries, charging and safety. Thank you.

Very informative video. Thanks also for giving clear examples along the way, it shows you’ve really used both sets of batteries extensively.

Thanks! Very informative. I've never owned a dash cam and this is one part of the equation that I have never thought about.

Thanks so much for the clear explanation. You've answered my question about the myth battery.

You’re like my best friend right now. Excellent video with crucial information I was looking for. Bravo!

There is another solution, car jump starter batteries. Bigger capacity, 12v, basically same features, with extra functionality and they are also car safe as they are packed with the same lithium iron phosphate batteries.

@pattilb1211

4 жыл бұрын

How could you do this?

@mavirek

3 жыл бұрын

@@pattilb1211 Did you ever learn the secret?

Thoroughly explanation as usual 👍

Excellent vid With a brilliant explanation. I have the same anker jump starter battery in my car, I love it

been waiting for this video long time... thanks for the video

one of the most informative videos that explains all the different angles. Thank you!

perfect video for what i was looking for, answered most of my questions.

Very nice video explaining the differences. Keep up the good work. I actually have both CellLink Neo and then just bought the Blackvue B124 and have both hardwired.

@VortexRadar

6 жыл бұрын

Ah nice! What are your thoughts on how they compare?

@nirmals.2552

6 жыл бұрын

Vortex Radar First of all, thanks for the vids you make, they're very helpful. Kudos and cheers! They're both pretty good and noticed that they're actually made by the same company Egen. I noticed that since B-124 was starting to sell, didn't see much of the Neo in the market. Charging wise they're great and for the longest time, I had the Neo connected through the self connect (Cig Lghtr socket) but I found a video on my particular car and finally hardwired it, what a difference. I like how the expansion packs are sold too and compatible with the B124 but they're just as expensive as the main battery pack, lol. I couldn't get it now but maybe in future as I start getting more devices connected. Thanks again for your stuff.

Thanks a lot for clearing my all doubts... I was literally searching for this kind of a video...

Great review, you really did some thorough research there.

This actually was very helpful. I'll admit I was annoyed about how much the Blackvue B-124X kit cost. I still think it's a bit pricey, but the video makes it more clear as to the why.

Excellent video! It answered many questions I had about the dash cam batteries.

in the uk we dont have sun so il be fine

@rrrogster

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Have you every checked the temperature inside your car when it is parked facing the sun and the windows are up?

@mcdangles971

5 жыл бұрын

@@rrrogster Whoooosh.

@ChrisHiltonSr

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Matheson 🤣

@scottcarder9543

2 жыл бұрын

Did it work for you mate?? I'm in Australia 🇦🇺 which puts me in the s#%t lol

Great vid!! I was just wondering about this.

I was thinking of doing that, thank you so much for the info sir !

Awesome video..great presentation as always

Thanks, this was super informative!

Very informative, I learn something new today

WOW! Great video. Thank you for sharing.

Personal experience most battery banks can charge, and output at the same time, they only stop power output for a second when plugged in, most likely some sort of safety reset. You can also diy a battery bank with a TP4056 micro USB 5V 1A lithium battery charger board with output, that doesn't cut power output unless battery voltage drops below 3v, hook board output up to a 5v 1A usb step up converter, which should be more than enough for any dash cam.

@sharedknowledge6640

Жыл бұрын

This is true especially of the name brand, like Anker, batteries. With the no name brand of the week Chinese designed junk that Amazon pushes however all bets are off. It also depends on how much power you need to pull from the pack and your charging source. If you’re pulling 2 amps and charging at 2.4 amps the battery will receive little if any charge due to efficiency losses. Dash cam specs often specify 2 amps at 5 volts but typically draw more like 0.3 to 1 amp when recording. In reality unless you’re going to park your car somewhere risky for days at a time the 1.5 to 5 watts of power won’t drain your vehicles battery that much. 10 hours at work would be 50 watt hours worst case. A car battery can deliver over 500 watt hours and still start the car. So you’re only using 10% of your car battery’s effective accessory capacity. And those numbers are all conservative. A dash cam could do say 10 fps in parking mode to reduce power consumption until it detects an incident. You can buy security cameras now that run 24x7 for up to a year on small internal batteries. They do so by only recording when they detect something worth recording.

Great informative video. Thanks a lot!

Extremely helpful review Dude thx for your time and effort! Peace

Coming from an engineer, you nailed it! Yes, Ah and Wh is basic power law with time factored in, but it still requires a good understanding of Volts, Amps and Watts. Nice job!

once again excellent review thanks

Excellent summary!...having issues with powering a GLC 300de PHEV. 12Volt fuses seem to be on a regulator which every so often drops to 3Volt for a few seconds which kills the Blackvue in park mode...was going to feed the permanent ( Non ignition)12Volt supply through a battery pack to get the 6 hours shut down that I wanted...

Great info and exactly what I was looking for. Thx

Damn good video. Thank you very much for the information!

Very informative. Thank you.

Great information here. Thanks!

@vortexradar i need ur help. I have a togaurd backup camera directly connected to my fuse box. Since the install, I noticed my car having battery drainage issues. I did a voltage test battery and the togaurd appeared fine. When I keep the togaurd plugged it.... I still get battery issues. When I unplug the power supply to the mirror, I don’t have issues. Any idea what I should do or why it’s like that?

Great stuff, thanks for the education!

This video was very helpful. Thanks.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you

@VortexRadar

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Excellent video. You nailed it.

Thanks for this video, it is something I have wanted to stress to people for awhile. Using the cellink neo and power magic ultra this year I can't stress less how important it is that i can drive 10-15 minutes to work and have enough charge to record all day. with lithium ion batteries you're gonna quickly end up with a dead battery and it'll be impossible to drive enough on a daily commute to keep it charged. With the cellink battery b i would always shut off my thinkware cam off at home to save battery, but with these new ones I don't ever worry and let them run all the time and still charges quick enough. fantastic batteries.

@VortexRadar

6 жыл бұрын

No

Great explanation. Thank you.

Very informative! Can you use the jump start battery with in and out (charge and supply power at the same time) with the Jump Start Battery same as you can with the dedicated dash cam battery?

thanks for the video! it's great content!

Very informative, thank you. Now it’s searching for the best dash cam with IR for Hot Florida

Brilliant video!! Finally someone explained the reasoning.. Well done. Loved it!! Love your videos.

Thank you for making this video. This is exactly the information I was looking for. Everything in the video is helpful, and factual except for one thing, (not your fault) more on that later. My take away from this video are; - 1.) It all comes down to application (both have pros & cons). - 2.) The difference in battery technology, and construction. Lithium Iron Phosphate (good in low & high temperatures). Lithium Ion (poor performance in cold temps & dangerous in high temps). - 3.) Not all mAh capacity ratings are created equal. 5 Volt USB mAh rating is approximately 3 times less than 12.6 Volt mAh ratings. (1,000 mAh @ 5 Volts, is equal to 300mAh @ 12.6 Volts). - At 4:50 you say USB Power Banks can not be charged, and power a separate device simultaneously. Back in July 2018 when this video was filmed that may have been true. However, today I have a few USB Power Banks that I use to power devices, and charge simultaneously. Example; When camping I charge my cell phone with my power bank, while it’s being charged from a solar panel, (I can’t connect my cell phone directly to the solar panel). -Chuck

@VortexRadar

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yeah you're right about the pass through charging and there devices now that do offer that. That is a very useful feature. :)

Great video helped me a lot, I was wondering on this subject txs AWFULLY, liked and subbd

You convinced me for sure. Thank you.

Thanks for the video 👍

Such great explanation!

Awesome vid. Thank u

Oh my, what another Outstanding review Sir!! Thank you very much for your dedication to supporting us consumers!! I’m planning to purchase the TW U1000, but which dashcam battery pack do you recommend as the Best or most powerful?

@VortexRadar

3 жыл бұрын

Great timing! That used to be the Cellink Neo, but now it’s the BI-750. It has both larger capacity and faster recharging. It’s also on sale for Black Friday right now. :) geni.us/BBMC-BI750 You can also consider the expansion for even longer recording. geni.us/BBMC-BE750

Great video...I was wondering about this

Thank you for teaching the general public about how dangerous portable lithium battery packs can be in a car with extreme temperatures.

@stephenpowstinger733

11 ай бұрын

I don't think offhand that Lithium battery mfrs warn you of heat danger.

Great video! Some things to note. A few battery banks today have what is called “pass through” in which you can charge the battery and power a device at the same time. My setup is using a cigarette lighter to charge my lithium ion polymer battery. My dual channel anker dash cam Is then plugged into a switch which is then plugged into the USB port on the battery bank. I get about 20 hours of recording on regular mode when the car is off. I may only use this setup in colder months as I’m still afraid of exposing the battery to temps in excess of 140F

@VortexRadar

6 жыл бұрын

That’s true. Yeah there are some that do that, laptop chargers are a good example, and I forgot to mention that as an example. Thanks’

@aclvaz

6 жыл бұрын

Stavros Kontzias, thinking on using something similar. The heat issue I think is overrated. Ii-Ion batteries today are reasonably safe and can withstand 80/90° C (not sure however if they will keep working in such extreme temperatures or will shutdown to cool off after hitting 70°C). I am even considering placing the power bank/jump starter inside a lipo safebag just to give an additional level of security.

@jjmejia_21

5 жыл бұрын

what power bank do you use for this? Does the power bank not turn off when dash cam is fully charge?

how do you connect a dash cam to a power bank?

Those jumpstarter packs are amazing. I had one that finally died but i jumped a few cars and also used it to charge my phone many times..

Instead of buying this battery backup being advertised at 6000mah which is 6ah and will last up to 20 hrs with both camers active in parking mode. Put a battery isolator in your car, buy an extra and separate car battery and hook the blackvue camera system to the battery on the isolator... say a 90ah battery. Using this, with blackvues battery at $300ish gets 20 hours in parking mode. Using a battery isolator with a 90ah battery... 300 hours in park mode... at half the cost. 🤫

@VortexRadar

5 жыл бұрын

There's more than one way to skin a cat. :)

@neojack333

5 жыл бұрын

it's complicated to cleanly store an extra 12v car battery in a car. that would be in the trunk, and be in the way.

@Jaze2022

4 жыл бұрын

@@neojack333 buy a small motorcycle battery. 5x more capacity at half the cost and about the same size. The question is can it be recharged fast enough.

@mcorentin

4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Always thought blackvue was overpriced for only 20hrs. I need at least 48hrs for 4 180 degree cameras for total surround recording while parked. Living in NYC someone’s always messing with your car. Directly or indirectly.

@AIRfree

2 жыл бұрын

Will the camera “Parking Mode” functionality will work if i would add a auxiliary battery and plug the camera directly to it? Who would the camera know when it is the time to go to “continuously mode” or in “parking mode”. ??

Excellent! You answered my question Thank you👍👍

Thank you. I bought one of those small battery jumpstart units and it puffed up from being left in the boot. LAME! I also want to keep a small phone charger in the car for emergencies (my phone batteries went flat once when I was on the phone to roadside assistance and my car batt was dead too), so now I know the drawbacks.

Well explained much appreciated

Great review! However, there are more Jump starters that have pass-through and they can charge while powering dash cams. Also, li-on batteries today are not so easy to catch fire or even explode and can withstand temperatures of 80/90°C which a car's inside temperature can reach in an hour on a summer day with outside temperature of 35/40°C. To be extra sure, place it inside a lipo safebag. The only issue is the running ability of the battery on such an hot environment. Typical Li-ion is usually rated to work up to 60°C. On the other hand, i saw that BV B-124 also has the similar operating limits (it is a Li-ion battery but with different cathode material )

@VortexRadar

6 жыл бұрын

Do you have some links to some that you’ve used that would do the job? How quickly do they take to recharge?

@danwat1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@VortexRadar I have a cheap Blackweb brand USB bank i bought at Walmart that can power the ports while charging. Surely there are other power banks that can do the same.

@stephenpowstinger733

11 ай бұрын

What is all the centigrade crap? 60°C = what.

@aclvaz

11 ай бұрын

@@stephenpowstinger733google is your friend... 60º Celcius = 140º Fahrenheit

Finally a video I can just show to those who ask why I bought a dedicated dashcam battery instead of a portable power bank.

Very informative. Thanks.

you da man. I need no other channel.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge of all these. I am interested in adding a dash cam, especially for the Parking Mode. But I am put off by having to either wire this to my car battery or buying an expensive, one purpose Cellink Neo or the like. Do you have any reason to doubt whether a Jackery or Yeti, or any other external battery popular with off-grid/campervan enthusiasts, could also do the job of running a dash cam, especially in parking mode?

@stephenpowstinger733

11 ай бұрын

2 yrs ago but there is always the heat caused fire danger of Lithium

I'm very impressed by this video.

great!! thank you so much, you are awesome ;)

thanks for always making such helpful videos. have you try connecting viofo a129pro to this battery pack does the parking mode work. thanks

You don't need to press button to charge - most devices start automatically. The Ravpower usb battery packs can charge and output at the same time...

It sounds so simple after you explain it.

But would have been helpful o how to use the normal mobile battery packs to power a dash

Getting a Battery is a must for parking mode. I put a new Blackvue 900 in and packed the car on a night out. Guess what! i didn't have a battery for the cam so parking mode was disabled and some silly "...." scratched the back window (next to the rear cam) gosh i wish i had the parking mode working. No way i am going to pay for above batterys i will just build one but for everyone else i would completely agree that everyone should get one for parking mode its a must..

@VortexRadar

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear that! Yeah you could always get a Power Magic Pro which lets the camera run off of your car battery too and it's way cheaper than the B-124 so that's an option too. I used one for a while, but it's put a heavy toll on my car battery so I don't get much run time off of it anymore. bit.ly/2J5zRzq

hello, you think i can recharge the battery with solar charge ? regars.

Than'ks bro!

Very informative!

there are bad reviews of that battery pack (blackvue) on amazon, I dont know what to do....

Hi! I really like your videos and you really helped me a lot. Thanks for you I bought the R3 and a dr900s and B124 battery. I love them! However I have a problem now. The dr 900s always connect and disconnect to the internet over and over again. Please help me out. Thank you

There are many power banks that have PASS THROUGH, which enable the same function as those DASH CAM batteries. Power will go through the USB Power bank to power something, then when the power to the power bank gets turned off then power bank powers whatever is plugged into it... aka the dash cam

The battery with the jumper cables is indeed awesome. I have one of a different brand. Ironically, I've been using it to jump my truck in the mornings, because my dashcam keeps draining my truck battery.

@stevejordan2575

Жыл бұрын

Halo Bolt 58830 ultimate Power Source I am going to give a try. I have to see if this works

Watching this video at 2021, but most of this was true even at 2018. 1.many of the power banks can infact charge while also operating (charging) a phone (or dashcam). People use it as backup for home cameras. 2.most of the power banks can fully charge in less than one hour. I own a 10000 mah power bank which fully charged In less than 40 minuter (and yes, can at same time transfer charge to connected device). I also have a jump starter (136000 mah) which can be used to charge phones etc, also charges in one hour. 3.perhaps weather is a factor, but not for everyone. You could use it safely just like you use a phone inside the car.

But what if i only need a battery pack to run the camera only in parking mode at night time

@neojack333

4 жыл бұрын

you would have to change the battery every few nights, and charge at home

Appreciate the info. Will you be testing the iroad which is on preorder from blackboxmycar? I live in the desert where upwards of 90 degrees is common and I've considered the iroad for its heat resiliency. I'm wondering if it's a better idea for my situation than the blackvue 900 or even 750.

@VortexRadar

6 жыл бұрын

I have no plans to test it. They asked me to when it first came out, but it doesn't look like it has anything super appealing and I wanna test out cameras that have something unique that we haven't seen before. It's really similar to the F800 Pro and DR750S type cameras. Maybe once I finish everything else that's a higher priority then I could take a look at it, but I have no plans to at this point.

very informative! but theres omething i never fing the answer to : Start-stop equiupped SUV's are usually equipped with batteries rated at usually 70Ah, so roughly 840Wh, wouldnt that power a 160mA/h dashcam for over 500 hours ? am i calculating something wrong or why is it a bad idea to just use a powermagic pro and no additional battery? thanks!

Great video thanks for making

Where do i buy the Usb cord for the main front camera to connect to the small portable batterys

I have some large 4.0ah batteries for my power tools and a usb adapter for it.. I thinking about using it here and there. Just wondering kinda how to setup parking mode with a usb powerbank. Temperature isnt an issue where I am. As far as recharge time, my quick charger will do my 18v drill batteries in about 30- 1hour depending on the size. I have a couple 1.5ah, 1 3.0ah with the 27000 cells instead of 18650s and also a 4.0.. I wouldnt use it likely on a daily basis but say if i went out somewhere for the day and was gona be parked a while. Edit: i thought (which you confirmed) i would have to switch power cord from lighter to powerbank and enable manually parking mode so you answered my question.

Cool. Thanks

If you use cigarette lighter for powering the black Vue battery do you unplug when you turn car off?

Very well explained. Thanks a lot. One doubt, what about using power bank with lithium polymer battery. Are they safe ?

@ctrlaltdebug

Жыл бұрын

My Garmin GPS has a lipo battery and hasn't blown up yet, sitting in my car parked outside in the sun for 5+ years.

I have a cell battery pack and it doesn't put my camera into motion sensor mode so it just stays on constantly while parked. Drains the battery quickly.

The Blackvue battery seems to have some bad reviews as well as connector burning issues? Your thoughts?

Nice video but in my country the sun is scorching hot and no one sends this dedicated car batteries to my country. is there a temperature resistant power banks (extreme weather or something? heat is the problem over here.) thanks in advance.

wow!, you are amazing!, thank you for sharing!

Hi I really like your videos and I need your help/input. I have the blackvue b-124 and it powers my dr750-2ch. I went on a 1 week vacation and when I came back my car battery was dead. I thought when the car was turned off the b-124 will power my dashcam and once the b-124 is drained it will not get power from my car. Is that make sense? I have 2019 mazda 3 and it was plugged in the cigarette port. Thanks in advance!

perfect video thanks

Is there a particular reason I couldn't purchase a 12v, 100Ah LiFePO4 battery and wire it in parallel (and a low voltage cut off) with my 12v lead acid car battery? Will this damage either battery?

@AIRfree

Жыл бұрын

Yee, there is a reason , and is the same reason why you haven’t got any answer until now: it-s because it FUkCing cheap to DIY . They are paid by companies to promote their shits and that whould be contraproductive to advise you how to save money. Instead, they advise you how to SPEnD money!!! Keep this in mind!

Ahh, great little video explaining the distinctions - I had not realized there were any! (why don't dashcams use the LIP batteries, then, rather than LIon or Capacitors?) Having something like that little battery cell looking one would be nice if you got into an incident and wanted to just snatch the dash-cam out, plug into the portable, and use it for filming - while you're on the phone with 911 and not using it to record.