dash cams

[mickeymouse85]

How many on here have dash cams fitted to there vans and how easy are they to wire up

[knobby1]

How many on here have dash cams fitted to there vans and how easy are they to wire up

I have one in my Mk7...plugs in via USB cable and into cig lighter socket in top drivers side dash compartment.

Lord Knobrot

[cowasaki]

I have a dual camera one in the Landrover and am fitting the simpler single camera one to the Transit either today or tomorrow. You can treat them like a satnav or similar and just stick them in on a temporary basis with the power from the cigarette lighter socket but the ones I've got have a stick on bracket which permanently sticks to the windscreen then I've bought some mini USB to 12v cables which you wire up via a fuse to the ignition live circuit with the cable all hidden behind the plastics and just the last few cm coming out near where the rear view mirror goes. This is a very neat solution as it powers up from the ignition and starts/stops with the key, it leaves the cigarette lighter for other things and it doesn't leave a dangling wire which gets in the way. The adapter/leads are about £3 on ebay from China or about £7-8 from the UK - search "mini USB 12" on ebay.

[Marauder]

My 2008 SWB ..The cigar socket in side the drivers side lift up plastic thingy stays live all the time so I have to manually plug cam in and out all the bloody time.

[wronghole]

My 2008 SWB ..The cigar socket in side the drivers side lift up plastic thingy stays live all the time so I have to manually plug cam in and out all the bloody time.

Got mine on a switchable lead . Switch is a rocker type that sits on top of the plug , easy to use.

[gotgcoalman]

Ever noticed that 99.99% of the time when the cam is on nothing interesting happens?

If you forget to turn it on or take the card out and forget to put it back in
it's like you're invisible to other road users.
Every man and his bloody dog pulls out in front of you, cuts you up and
forgets to give way to the right on roundabouts

[wronghole]

Ever noticed that 99.99% of the time when the cam is on nothing interesting happens?

If you forget to turn it on or take the card out and forget to put it back in
it's like you're invisible to other road users.
Every man and his bloody dog pulls out in front of you, cuts you up and
forgets to give way to the right on roundabouts

Think it's called sod's law