12V Power ports

[pctek]

I am buying a dash cam that plugs into the 12v power ports. If the car is off, is power still present at the port? Thanks

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[Raoh]

I do believe it is. The owner's manual says to not leave things plugged in and on when the car is not running, because you can kill the battery. I know on my audi[get the mustang in a few hours.] it still has power. I charge my phone in there sometimes at work.

 

[Crais]

I thought I saw someone on here say it's powered for 90 minutes after turning the car off.

 

[Varekai]

If you are talking about the cigarette light then I believe it's only for 90 minutes. If you get a dash cam with a super capacitor and motion sensing it will run off the capacitor after the power is off.

 

[grumblin]

I just got a ThinkWare F750 - it stays on about 90 minutes after I kill the engine. Drives me nuts - BUT that's solved by hardwiring your power. Basically you wire to hot power, to switched power and ground. The thinkware F750 then will stay on in "parking" mode - and you can set a voltage threshold on the unit for it to shut down before it kills your battery. I'll be hardwiring mine next week when the cable shows up (they were backordered in the states).

 

[ForTehNguyen]

I would hardwire it to an ignition fuse, so it doesnt hog a port and you dont have to mess with it when getting in and out of the car since it turns on/off when the car is on/off

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