Live feed for rear camera

[Silas]

Hi. I want to fit a rear camera to my 96 kontiki 650 - any idea where I could find a permanent live feed at the rear of the vehicle?

Thanks

 

[Neckender]

I picked up a permanent live feed from the rear on our 2008 Trigano Tribute a few years ago and found that the camera was live all the time, and if not for the solar installation would have ran my leisure batteries down.

John.

 

[Silas]

Ah! Good point. I want a reverse vision wireless camera, not a reversng camera. I am a bit scared of trying to route a cable from front to back.

 

[Gellyneck]

Probably best to run an ignition switched feed from the front along the underside of the van?

 

[Neckender]

I picked up a permanent live feed from the rear on our 2008 Trigano Tribute a few years ago and found that the camera was live all the time, and if not for the solar installation would have ran my leisure batteries down.

John.

That should have read run my cab battery down.

John.

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[scotjimland]

Hi. I want to fit a rear camera to my 96 kontiki 650 - any idea where I could find a permanent live feed at the rear of the vehicle?

Thanks

to be frank, i would fit a wired camera system, wireless suffer from interference..

wireless will still need a switched supply from the ignition to camera.. it's no extra work with wired as you only have one cable to run from the monitor to the camera .. with a 12v switched supply from the ignition to the monitor.

It's time consuming but you can run though internal cupboards and along corners using mini-trunking ..

 

[Silas]

I know in my heart that you are right, but it seems such a daunting task.

 

[tonyidle]

The main 12v feed to your fridge can be used (only if the fridge is handily placed).

 

[namwaldog]

@Silas , Yes it is a bit daunting but take your time, plan it out in your head first, don't do it all in one go (unless you want to)
The main benefit is that you learn about your MH, you find all sorts that may need later, such as fuses, relays, valves etc plus things previous owners have lost.
I found pens, loose change, a packet of Polo's and a writeable DVD, which after much trepidation turned out to be a pirated film that had no interest.
As @scotjimland says, use a bit of mini trunking or those stick on pads that will secure your cabling out of harm's way and you will enjoy it. Plus of course there is the rush of doing it yourself, knowing it has been done properly and you have saved yourself a few bob. My biggest worry was getting a hole from inside to out!

 

[eddie]

Probably best to run an ignition switched feed from the front along the underside of the van?

Which is why we suggest a proper wired camera

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[Silas]

Yes, you are of course right. I think I panicked myself into buying a cheap system off Amazon as as we were bringing it home yesterday my wife was following in her car and I thought she had lost me on a couple of occasions, so this was just going to be a temporary measure till I plucked up enough courage to fit a proper twin camera system.

Which one as a permanent solution do you recommend?

Cheers

 

[Silas]

I have taken your good advices and have ordered a connect lead. Should keep me quiet this weekend...

 

[Minxy]

We temporarily mounted our rear view camera under the rear bumper on our Familyscout camper but it was so good there it stayed put!

The location meant that the video cable and 12v twin-wire was easily run under the camper and brought up through existing holes in the chassis near the driver's seat, then under the cab step panel, up the trim panel over the wheel arch to near the dash. The video cable was taken on it's own up behind the door rubber to the top of the windscreen, along behind the Remis blinds framework and connected to a mirror mounted monitor. The 12v power twin-wire for the monitor was fed back down to the dash where it was joined to the camera's 12v twin-wire so that only twin-wire needed to be fed through along the rear of the lower part of the dash then up where the radio fits with a single 12v plug fitted which just went into one of the existing dash 12v sockets, this meant we could just plug it in when we wanted to use it.

We'll use a similar location for the camera in our Campscout but I'm gonna put in a couple of new 12v sockets on the dash near to the driver's door I'll connect to the wiring for the ones in the centre of the dash for ease (hiding it out of sight totally below the dash). The camera/monitor plug will then go into that with a spare one (I already have a twin 12v socket so might as well use it!), this new location will mean that the plug won't get accidentally knocked/pulled out by the dogs and also leave the original 12v sockets in the centre free for charging phones, sat nav etc.