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<blockquote data-quote="Dirty Dog" data-source="post: 452751" data-attributes="member: 24042"><p>The adapter incorporates a 12V-5V stepdown converter. Cut that off, and your $120 mirror will be unhappy. Briefly... You could get around this by buying a converter and installing it in-line between the mirror and the power source. But now you've just paid for something the manufacturer will give you free. Or you could breadboard your own power converter...</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sure you could wire it to there (after dealing with that pesky voltage issue). But the Wolfbox harness includes a voltage cutoff. Everything except the event recorder shuts off when you turn the vehicle off. If the battery drops to 11 volts, the event recorder will shut off as well. I was curious, so I checked. With the event recorder running, the parasitic draw is less than 50Ma. With a 72AH car battery, that means you can drain the battery in a mere 60 days. Dropping to 11V will take about 4 days.</p><p>Your suggestion would defeat the event recording feature completely. If I didn't want that enabled, I would stop after making the switched power connection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dirty Dog, post: 452751, member: 24042"] The adapter incorporates a 12V-5V stepdown converter. Cut that off, and your $120 mirror will be unhappy. Briefly... You could get around this by buying a converter and installing it in-line between the mirror and the power source. But now you've just paid for something the manufacturer will give you free. Or you could breadboard your own power converter... I'm sure you could wire it to there (after dealing with that pesky voltage issue). But the Wolfbox harness includes a voltage cutoff. Everything except the event recorder shuts off when you turn the vehicle off. If the battery drops to 11 volts, the event recorder will shut off as well. I was curious, so I checked. With the event recorder running, the parasitic draw is less than 50Ma. With a 72AH car battery, that means you can drain the battery in a mere 60 days. Dropping to 11V will take about 4 days. Your suggestion would defeat the event recording feature completely. If I didn't want that enabled, I would stop after making the switched power connection. [/QUOTE]
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