Can I get voltage sensitive power control?
I'm putting a wireless backup camera on my car hauler trailer and I want it to be powered up only when the truck is running. So I'd like to use the hot feed coming from the truck to power the trailer ...
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Chris, I believe you are correct, at least for the 1314 model which I was just reading about. The other isolator brands I'd looked at had a low voltage check on the "house" battery connections and wouldn't close the relay if the voltage was too low to be deemed suitable to charge. The voltage of my camera would be zero so the relay would never close on those, but I don't think the 1314 has this feature so I'll give it a try.
smketter, the ALS unit is a charger and they typically don't function well for a static load, i.e., trying to "charge" my camera.
OnaQuest, that relay uses an ignition feed as a trigger, which I won't have in the trailer, and if I fake it somehow then it won't disconnect until the camera has run down the truck batteries (or fried itself from being on for a week or so).
I appreciate all the suggestions of alternatives, but really I only wanted to see if I could easily make it come on with the running truck. I know a bunch of ways to do it with manual intervention. So Sure Power 1314 it is!
...Fred
smketter, the ALS unit is a charger and they typically don't function well for a static load, i.e., trying to "charge" my camera.
OnaQuest, that relay uses an ignition feed as a trigger, which I won't have in the trailer, and if I fake it somehow then it won't disconnect until the camera has run down the truck batteries (or fried itself from being on for a week or so).
I appreciate all the suggestions of alternatives, but really I only wanted to see if I could easily make it come on with the running truck. I know a bunch of ways to do it with manual intervention. So Sure Power 1314 it is!
...Fred
