Digital Wifi backup camera, DYI for under $60
I happened upon this video; pretty good idea and thought others would enjoy. Clicky
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I bought the pieces on Amazon, made up my wiring harness last night and installed it this morning. I've got about $85 into my setup, including power wires, wire loom, camera and transmitter. I bought a 10 meter extension for the RCA cables, I won't need nearly that much so I plan to return it.
For the time being I have the camera mounted to the top of the bumper. At a later date I will see about fishing wire up the back wall to mount the camera higher and give me a better overall view behind me.
I tapped into the trailer wire lights and ran the cords down the drivers side frame rail, zip tying to the frame and tucking the wire loom between the frame rail and the under belly enclosure.
The length of the cable from the camera to the wireless transmitter allows my transmitter to be mounted about 10' from the front of the camper, on the drivers side. While I haven't tested it moving down the road, I get great signal (65mbps) about 100 feet away, inside my house. I'm hopeful that the signal will be strong enough inside my truck with the diesel humming and us cruising down the road.
OP, thank you very much for posting this. I've been wanting a wireless observation system since I researched this trailer, but just could not justify spending $360+ for it. I've got about $85 in this project, I used a $25 gift card that I got for Christmas and I get to return about $12 worth of cable. Ended up costing me $48 of my own money and I am using an old cell phone as the monitor.
Hopefully it works for my intended purpose. I'll try to capture some video to show the quality while moving down the road.
For the time being I have the camera mounted to the top of the bumper. At a later date I will see about fishing wire up the back wall to mount the camera higher and give me a better overall view behind me.
I tapped into the trailer wire lights and ran the cords down the drivers side frame rail, zip tying to the frame and tucking the wire loom between the frame rail and the under belly enclosure.
The length of the cable from the camera to the wireless transmitter allows my transmitter to be mounted about 10' from the front of the camper, on the drivers side. While I haven't tested it moving down the road, I get great signal (65mbps) about 100 feet away, inside my house. I'm hopeful that the signal will be strong enough inside my truck with the diesel humming and us cruising down the road.
OP, thank you very much for posting this. I've been wanting a wireless observation system since I researched this trailer, but just could not justify spending $360+ for it. I've got about $85 in this project, I used a $25 gift card that I got for Christmas and I get to return about $12 worth of cable. Ended up costing me $48 of my own money and I am using an old cell phone as the monitor.
Hopefully it works for my intended purpose. I'll try to capture some video to show the quality while moving down the road.
