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Back up camera continually +12power HELP!!!

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Back up camera continually +12power HELP!!!

Post by hawkar » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:21 pm

Hi there I have installed an ebay back up camera on my bmw X5 e53 2005 with a 12v 30amp relay.
power+ comes from the pdc pin 7 to the relay and from the blue plug pin (+)1 and (-)10 to the camera.I have checked the camera with a voltage tester and noticed that the camera is supplied all the time with +12v.Is that dangerouse or wronge.
apart from that the camera works just fine.
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Re: Back up camera continually +12power HELP!!!

Post by Alan Gunn » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:30 pm

I ran a feed from the reverse light with no relay.
Working for over a year now with no problems at all.

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Post by henrym3 » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:10 pm

+1 to the reverse lights and working 3 years
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Re: Back up camera continually +12power HELP!!!

Post by hawkar » Thu Mar 15, 2018 4:06 pm

thanks for the quick reply.

i will try this out and inform you
but unfortunately next week sometimes

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Re: Back up camera continually +12power HELP!!!

Post by hawkar » Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:30 pm

the reverse light did it.
Thank you very much  ; :)

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