Dash cams
I just purchased a dash cam (viofo A118C) off amazon for $46.00. It has a lcd screen and uses capacitors instead of a lithium ion battery. I has good reviews on the web. Just wondering how many other...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:Bumpyroad wrote:suprz wrote:
according to some research into this, the battery can get too hot, or go dead and the camera will have issues working after that. Capacitors are not as susceptible to heat issues
yes, batteries can go dead. such is life. but you stand about a million times more in danger of a cell phone battery bursting into flames than a dash cam. I can't remember ever reading about one catching fire.
bumpy
Heat?
My dash gets hotter than blazes. Any issues there?
From what I have read, lithium ion batteries, don't appreciate the heat, and they will go bad quicker than usual, and once the battery dies, SOMETIMES even though the cam is plugged into 12 volt power it effects video quality. But most people are afraid of Lithium Ion battery thermal runaway situations. I have only seen that happen in experiments where the battery is subjected to extreme heat (one test was at 750 degrees) and of course, my cellphone and my sons cellphone started to expand because of the lithium ion battery issues some cellphones had
