![]() The hardwire kit also includes a low voltage cutoff in case you leave the car parked for a week or so. This would likely drain the battery in a hurry. If you were to just connect the included power cable to constant 12v, it wouldn't know when you turn the car off, and will keep recording overnight. The two different sources of 12v are necessary for it to do its "parking monitoring" function - it lays dormant until the accelerometer detects the car has been moved, then it starts recording. RedTiger sells a hardwire kit with connections to constant 12v and switched 12v (as well as a ground screw). I'm in the same boat as topbob - I just bought a RedTiger F9 and want to hardwire it. I also could just dismount it from the GPS module that it connects to, but would the heat damage the GPS module that is left on the windscreen? Of course I could just remove it from the windscreen when it gets really hot, but it's mounted by electrostatic sticker, and I'm not sure you can put those back on once you take them off. With the parking mode generating heat its self, and the fact I'm forced to park in direct sunlight all year round, including when temperatures reach above 105f+, I'm concerned of overheating and damage to the dash cam. ![]() This would be on the front windscreen, on the top of my windscreen sun shade. I took a measurement using a laser temperature gun on the spot it would be mounted during a 90f degree day and it read around 145f. ![]() In the manual it says it can withstand temperatures up to 158f. I do have concerns about it overheating however. I also received a reply from Redtiger support saying the camera detects when the battery gets low and disables parking mode so that the battery doesn't die.
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