In CAr camera

[evouk]

Hello all,

I have a camera mount that fits to the roll cage in my car and am using a jvc camcorder to capture the footage.

What i am trying to find is whether there is an adapter that fits into the cars electrics system (12v) and i can then run the camera off this feed without using camera batterys as ive had this in the past where i kept running out of batteries at track days.

Seems cheaper to find a 12 v feed instead of buying batteries at 25 a go.

Anubody know if there is such an adpater/lead available?

I have emailed quite a few online stores but they must still be off work till new year

Cheers

[lewis_willy2]

could you not use a 240-12v inverter and run the camcorder off the mains?


lewis

[clio_rsi_turbo]

this is what i do.

[evouk]

is that a small unit that plugs into the 12v car power and transforms it to 240v?

[wavy]

what volt is a cig lighter/?

sure u could make some thing

[evouk]

think its 12v but im no electrician

[richy]

i got one off amazon, 12v convertor which runs off the cig lighter, i use it for mine, cost me £20 ish iirc

and yes the cig lighter is 12v

[evouk]

i have just looked on ebay and found one. Not sure how this little gadget works to power up a camcorder.

But saying that it only needs to convert to the same power as the battery surely, the battery is 7.2v?

[evouk]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-5V-3V-4-5V-6...QQcmdZViewItem

or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/car-voltage-po...QQcmdZViewItem