Fitting a rear view camera

[SAL050]

Hi I have a six berth suitor eb and I need to fit a rear view camera but I'm worried about putting holes in my pride and joy what would be the best way to fit it? Thankyou

 

[Wannabee]

I pondered on how to run the cable for ages as there is no pre wiring on my Compass. I've taken the plunge and drilled a small 5mm hole through the rear panel high up into the cupboards. I wanted a twin camera which made it more difficult. I've mounted a small adaptable box on the outside where I can terminate the 2 camera cables for the 2 lens camera (one looking back as mirror, the other as a reversing). That way, although more elaborate, as it's terminated outside when the camera fails (which it will eventually) its an easy job to replace it. Also reduces the size of the hole(s) in the rear panel, the cable plug ends are massive diameter so you don't want to be drilling holes for those. With a single camera it would be easier, in that case I'd be inclined to cut the plug off and use the small hole to terminate inside the rear cupboard. I've not run the cable to the front yet, if it stops raining that's a job for next week.

 

[Andy MacD]

I’ve used a wireless camera for 2 years and wouldn’t change. Not this model but one like it.

Amazon product ASIN B081FF2G91
Key is having line of sight between camera arial and monitor arial. No trouble to set up, no wiring runs, all you need is 12v at the back and I clip the camera into my rear window frame on the inside so weatherproof.

Relatively inexpensive, easy to set up and run, no reception issues. When not driving simply disconnect from power supply.

I now wait for many to disagree with me and say they have tried them and they’re crap. Set it up correctly and it will work.

 

[SAL050]

Thank you very much, so if I understand correctly make the hole through the inside cupboard to the outside and not the other way round?

 

[SAL050]

Must admit I do like that idea but I have already bought the setup. Thankyou though I will remember if this one packs up!

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[Wannabee]

Drill the hole from the outside, but measure first to work out where you will come out. That way, if you're a little off track it won't matter as much.

 

[Wannabee]

I've used wireless before in a car with mixed results. It was very grainy, it's hard to buy good quality kit which clouds the viability of the technology.

 

[IanRJ]

I had wireless kit on my 8m caravan for two years (so that would be 5 years ago) with little issues. I had the camera mounted (Sikaflexed) on the rear roof of the caravan with a wire for power through the rear skylight. I actually used a rechargeable battery put on a shelf in the bedroom to power it. Bit of a pain having to remember to recharge it every night after a trip though. The monitor was mounted on the dash of my Shogun so probably 11m distance between camera and monitor and the picture was excellent. If I could find a way to get power to the rear roof of my AT Delaware I'd fit one straight away, though probably go with a rear view mirror mounted monitor - perhaps one that has dash cam built in too. The cameras are around £65 for a double view and much cheaper for a single view.

Wireless is the way to go if you can tap a power source for the camera IMHO.

 

[olley]

Fitted a wireless one last week to the autocruise, I mounted the camera under the rear bumper and fed the wire through the rear door seal to the fuse box which is at the back of the van. I 3D printed a mount for the monitor at the front after drilling a 30mm hole through the dash. Works fine.

 

[IanRJ]

Fitted a wireless one last week to the autocruise, I mounted the camera under the rear bumper and fed the wire through the rear door seal to the fuse box which is at the back of the van. I 3D printed a mount for the monitor at the front after drilling a 30mm hole through the dash. Works fine.

I saw your post , the dash looks very neat with your printed mount. Personally I don't like the low mounted camera as I want to see what is down the road (rearview rather than reverse) rather than the car or truck right behind me.

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[gpat]

I’ve used a wireless camera for 2 years and wouldn’t change. Not this model but one like it.

Amazon product ASIN B081FF2G91
Key is having line of sight between camera arial and monitor arial. No trouble to set up, no wiring runs, all you need is 12v at the back and I clip the camera into my rear window frame on the inside so weatherproof.

Relatively inexpensive, easy to set up and run, no reception issues. When not driving simply disconnect from power supply.

I now wait for many to disagree with me and say they have tried them and they’re crap. Set it up correctly and it will work.

I'm going to give one of these a go

 

[ManTheVan]

We recently fitted a replacement HD twin-camera system, as the previous single-lens camera had stopped working at night. Yes, we already had an existing hole in the rear, but running cable internally took only about 40 mins and there needs to be power anyway, so a wireless system just didn’t make sense for us. The HD system has been utterly transformational. The system came from reversingcamerasuk.com

 

[olley]

I saw your post , the dash looks very neat with your printed mount. Personally I don't like the low mounted camera as I want to see what is down the road (rearview rather than reverse) rather than the car or truck right behind me.

That is the only drawback but I didn't want to start drilling the the roof and then getting cables up there, as we are probably going to sell it this year or early next, its a cheap set up so I can just leave it on if I want. Same applies to the monitor.