{"id":8240,"date":"2017-12-19T00:51:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T00:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2017-12-19T00:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T00:51:13","slug":"2017-12-16-inexpensive-rearview-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/?p=8240","title":{"rendered":"2017-12-16–Inexpensive Rearview Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The one obvious difference between Magnolia-S and \u2013M was you when we looked behind the sailboat you could see you behind you\u2026not so much. I did some looking and found out I could actually get a camera and monitor a lot cheaper than I expected. The system I put together started with a camera (https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01EJ09X8G\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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The video signal runs through a cable with a BNC connector so it was important to have a monitor with a BNC input. (https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01KJVERF8\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Additionally I purchased a cable which is a combination video and power cable. (https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00H274A6Y\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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I also purchased connectors for the power cable but I also will use these on an LED lighting project as well. (https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00VESYK0S\/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1<\/a>) <\/p>\n

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Last but not least was a mount for the camera so I could attach it to the bimini support. (https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01DGLC2AK\/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1<\/a>)  I found as I was writing this item is no longer available from Amazon. <\/p>\n

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I first identified a circuit breaker to provide 12volt power to the camera and the video monitor. I cut the 120v to 12v power supply off the video monitor power cable and spliced the remaining connector into the 12v line. In addition I used Maxmoral connector to neatly get power the video camera as well. Connecting the video cable to the Camera and monitor I powered the system up for a test run.<\/p>\n

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I really was surprised how good the picture was. After initial testing the cable was run through a standard Krogen cable run. Up through the column between starboard and center window.<\/p>\n

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Aft along the port side in the cable run above the curtain<\/p>\n

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and finally up to the fly bridge. <\/p>\n

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Once up to the fly bridge that run is till being finalized. I also need to make a starboard interface between the mount and the camera.<\/p>\n

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So how does it work, really amazing for about $100! Even the the low-light condition the picture is pretty amazing!<\/p>\n

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If you have questions feel free to reach out and will gladly help if I can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The one obvious difference between Magnolia-S and \u2013M was you when we looked behind the sailboat you could see you behind you\u2026not so much. I did some looking and found out I could actually get a camera and monitor a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8241,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8240\/revisions\/8241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/a2baker.com\/magnoliablog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}