Wireless Back Up Camera on Trailer
Does anyone have a wireless back up camera on their trailer? I'm doing some research and looking for opinions. What brand do you have? I was looking at the Yada on autoanything for $179. It says yo...
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myredracer wrote:
Just got a Garmin 760LMT along with a BC-20 backup camera. DW seems to think I need a backup camera although she never drives the truck or backs up the TT. I think it's going to be a waste of time and money.
I don't know about other backup cameras, but the wireless transmitter is too far away and you need to buy their 30' long extension cable to mount the transmitter in the front of the trailer somewhere. I don't like the fact that there is no way or place to mount the camera without drilling into the exterior fiberglass wall. Then you need to run the cable somehow from the back to the front which I can do, but it's many hours of work. The cable and connectors are not outdoor/weatherproof rated. Then you have to get 12 volts to the wireless transmitter. Not sure if that should be via the TV's backup light power?
And if you manage to get the camera and wiring all installed, I have read of many reports of the image being washed out in the daylight and you can't see much, if anything. I am going to a temporary test setup before installing anything. Maybe some other brands of camera images are better than others? Not sure if dirt will accumulate on the lens also obscuring the image and if it needs periodic cleaning, you'll need a stepladder to get to it.
:) Hi, I have this same unit. At first I mounted the camera on my license plate. I mounted the transmitter in my left tail light housing and connected the wires to my running lights. This didn't work well. I now have my transmitter mounted on the front of my trailer with two sided tape. My kit came with the 50' extension cable. I ran this cable to the back of my trailer through a flexible conduit that I ran for my home made generator outlet. For a power source, I added a two wire connector and plug it into my Battery Tender connector, at the battery box. Now it gets a good signal. Note: I used shrink tubing for the (non weather proof) cable connections.
My truck has a built-in back-up camera and I use a Garmin GPS; I didn't want a separate back up screen for my trailer. And I didn't want to tap into my truck wiring either.
