Rear View Camera - UPDATE-

BFL13 wrote:
The Mountie I was talking to did call me back. Was unable to get hold of the senior Traffic guy at the time to get a proper answer. I will try again in the new year. I spent my camera money on a second SiO2 battery so the camera idea is on hold for now.

Good idea to have one set of camera and display with two wiring sets. I did that with my Trimetric battery monitor, where each RV has the shunt and wire and I move the display back and forth. I used four-pin trailer connections on the Trimetric wiring so it is easy to plug in the display in whichever RV I need it. I don't know what sort of wires these cameras use, but some version of that would work. Maybe MC4s or whatever.

Kind of dumb to put the camera in a truck's tailgate. I never used our OEM tailgate when we had the 5er (had a 5er type with the notch), and not with the truck camper either.

There must be a plug-in for the camera when you take off the tailgate, so that would show what kind of plug-in to use.

More batt is more batt. Can't go wrong there. :)Keep us posted how they work out with your usage. Always good to get a fellow northerner perspective, esp. when it comes to solar and batt charging. Info for sunny climate southerners just doesn't apply as solar is lower here and we get more cloud cover and usually camp around really big trees. Ha Ha!
I this the back-up cam is in the tailgate for best point of view. Yes, I assume the gate will have some sort of wire harness/plug. Power remote control tail gate open is an option as well. So don't know if it will all be integrated into one plug or separate plugs. In any case, would be something someone can figure out. I just figured the cam would be handy as backing up my 98 GMC 2500 ext. cab is going to seam easy compared to the way bigger F350 crew cab, LB dually. Yikes! That and loading the new camper, I'm gonna wish I didn't quit smoking and drinking after that first load up! XD

Something else to consider. If you find a camera that works with a phone as the screen, if you have an old phone kicking around, you could use that so your not using your primary phone. I use my old phones as internet radio players to hook up to stereos at the shop and my house. You pretty much need a new one every 3 yrs anyway as the security updates run out. So might as well get some use out of them.