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

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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?

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[–] [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.