techsupport

2738 readers

7 users here now

The Lemmy community will help you with your tech problems and questions about anything here. Do not be shy, we will try to help you.

If something works or if you find a solution to your problem let us know it will be greatly apreciated.

Rules: instance rules + stay on topic

Partnered communities:

You Should Know

Software gore

Recommendations

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

How much battery do I need to run a phone camera in my car? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I was thinking of buying an unlimited data plan and using an old phone to record around my car through an app.

Problem is the power source, how big of a battery do I need to keep in my car?

Like.. can I just use one of the regular travel chargers and like switch it out wit another daily or? Would it last a day?

Like how big does it have to be for a week then?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ya I want to be able to view stuff remotely. Obviously not 24/7 but like..yeah I want to be able to check the feed when I get a notif about activity around the car.

I will have to buy an (I'm assuming) unlimited data plan for this first. Then I will put that sim card into my old phone.

Also it gets pretty hot here during the summer so idk how that'll work.

Maybe I'm best off buying some expensive dash cam that can record while the car is idle, but I'm worried it'll get stolen cause people here steal a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

A phone is easier to resell than a dashcam I'd say, so maybe that's better.

Also indeed heat inside the car could be a huge problem depending on where you live and if you have access to a shaded parking.

For a 1st test you could simply record the camera without streaming with the app and see how long that goes.