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For those that are hardwired, which specific fuse are you using and is fuse live all day 24/7 regardless if the car on or not or only when the car is on and driving that the extended battery is pulling juice from the Car Battery? Mine is installed/connected to the fuse box on the passenger side now and I just wanted to make sure it was hooked to the right fuse. Also may opt to use the glue to the windshield to be able to use the blackvue Tamper-Proof Case as the blend mount doesn't allow you to use it.
For those that are hardwired, which specific fuse are you using and is fuse live all day 24/7 regardless if the car on or not or only when the car is on and driving that the extended battery is pulling juice from the Car Battery? Mine is installed/connected to the fuse box on the passenger side now and I just wanted to make sure it was hooked to the right fuse. Also may opt to use the glue to the windshield to be able to use the blackvue Tamper-Proof Case as the blend mount doesn't allow you to use it.
Mine records 24/7 using the power magic pro battery voltage monitoring gizmo. Once my battery dips below 12.volts or something along those lines, it shuts off. One of these fuses is 24/7 power and the other is switched. Im not sure which one is which. Its been a long time since I installed this.
/Funny thing is both my wife's Cayman R and my 991 both got installed with Blackvue D900 with the blackvue power magic ultra B-124, but her car's battery drained while mine didn't. I had to jump start her car's battery the other night. They're both on 24/7 recording and I always thought the b124 is supposed to shut it off if the battery power dips below certain limits which in this case it didn't.
Which is making me think if it's ok to hook the power magic ultra to a fuse that is only on when the car is in use. I want it to charge fast still which is why I rather have it hardwired but thinking if possible to hardwired to a fuse that is only on when car is in use and not the cigarette lighter.
/Funny thing is both my wife's Cayman R and my 991 both got installed with Blackvue D900 with the blackvue power magic ultra B-124, but her car's battery drained while mine didn't. I had to jump start her car's battery the other night. They're both on 24/7 recording and I always thought the b124 is supposed to shut it off if the battery power dips below certain limits which in this case it didn't.
Which is making me think if it's ok to hook the power magic ultra to a fuse that is only on when the car is in use. I want it to charge fast still which is why I rather have it hardwired but thinking if possible to hardwired to a fuse that is only on when car is in use and not the cigarette lighter.
I have 2x B-124 and had them for three years now and thought they have to be installed on a fuse/cigarette plug that shuts off. That's how I have it installed. On the GT3 I have it hardwired, on the Cayenne I couldn't' find ground so I just plugged to the rear cigarette plug.
I'm just disappointed that Blackvue won't add a geofencing option so the camera goes to sleep when in my garage.
GiuseppeM, so you have your dash cam hooked up to 2 B124s?
I have the D900S on 3 separate cars, each have one B124 battery backup, the B124 in the GT3 is hardwired to a fuse that shuts down after I remove the key (15 mins I think), the ones in the Ferrari and the Cayenne are plugged to the cigarette plug (that shuts down as well). In the Cayenne I put the battery module where the spare tire is.
So fuse box > B-124 > dash cam
Blackvue recently released an updated model called B124X (https://amzn.to/2TQ7xoL). You can also add a second battery pack called B124E (https://amzn.to/38Kc1l9) that plugs to the B124.
Yeah, I may think of getting the expansion pack for both cars and have the installers move the hardwire to a fuse that shuts down after car is off .
For the settings on your BV battery, do you have the "Override parking mode time-out Function" on or off?
I'm not sure what that is, on the battery there is only a switch for cig plug or fuse, the camera goes into parking mode after the accelerometer doesn't sense movement for 5 minutes. The camera then records the data and labels it "P"
That reminds me.. someone early on the thread said the plug in the footwell lost power after a few minutes so it was good for a dash cam.. I found out that’s not true - at least on my 2013 - I checked video of my camera recently and noticed it loops 24/7 powered by the footwell socket. It never sleeps. That explains my car’s love of a battery recharge weekly...
I have 2x B-124 and had them for three years now and thought they have to be installed on a fuse/cigarette plug that shuts off. That's how I have it installed. On the GT3 I have it hardwired, on the Cayenne I couldn't' find ground so I just plugged to the rear cigarette plug.
I'm just disappointed that Blackvue won't add a geofencing option so the camera goes to sleep when in my garage.
Where did you put the two B-124s in your GT3? Do two fit under the carpet in the passenger footwell?
Where did you put the two B-124s in your GT3? Do two fit under the carpet in the passenger footwell?
I attached it with velcros behind the seat, if you're getting 2 batteries the second one should be an expansion pack B-124E (https://amzn.to/3vTxp2E)
I moved the passenger seat forward to show it in the picture, when the seat is in position you can't see it. The B-124X battery also has a USB plug which is really convenient there.
I have the D900S on 3 separate cars, each have one B124 battery backup, the B124 in the GT3 is hardwired to a fuse that shuts down after I remove the key (15 mins I think), the ones in the Ferrari and the Cayenne are plugged to the cigarette plug (that shuts down as well). In the Cayenne I put the battery module where the spare tire is.
So fuse box > B-124 > dash cam
Blackvue recently released an updated model called B124X (https://amzn.to/2TQ7xoL). You can also add a second battery pack called B124E (https://amzn.to/38Kc1l9) that plugs to the B124.
@GiuseppeM do you remember which fuse you tapped into? 20a for hardwire correct?
Looking at the fuse box diagram it seems the only "switched" 20a fuses are the cigarette lighter ones. I do not think they immediately power off and only do so after 30 minutes?
01-22-2020, 07:45 PM
