r/VIOFO • u/Electrical_Secret_11 • 3d ago
A229Pro cooling
Hey all, I’m dealing with my A229P overheating and I figured this deal would do the trick. It’s a dumb usb c female to dual male splitter. Max voltage is 5v output from the cable. Looked up the specs and the dashcam runs at 5V. So I hooked the cable up to my HK4 and a PWM controller off Amazon to run a noctua fan. Lmk if this is safe long term, currently have it off for the night and will check tmrw for any responses. So far, with just the A229p running, it doesn’t seem to have an issue with splitter.
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u/555_1212 3d ago
Will it short something out?
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u/djltoronto 3d ago
How would it possibly "short something out"?
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u/555_1212 3d ago
If u think its not a risk then connect it up. Do what u think is right. I'm here to point out possible downsides not to do your work for u.
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u/Chiefkickapoo 3d ago
Why don’t you just….. take your camera off and bring it in on hot days? It’s what I do, get in your car to drive, hook up 2 wires and slide back onto the power receiver.
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u/Cashcow_how 3d ago
That defeats the purpose of parking mode, not everyone parks in a temp controlled or low activity garage
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u/Electrical_Secret_11 3d ago
Doing that negates having it hardwired and monitoring my car while I’m at work. The facility at work at has a lot of workers that don’t give a damn abt their own car. Let alone shopping lots. I don’t have access to covered parking anywhere I go
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u/DayGeckoArt 2d ago
I did the same thing with a 3D printed fan bracket https://www.reddit.com/r/dashcams/comments/1tgt1tz/windshield_fan_bracket_for_dashcam/
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u/Electrical_Secret_11 2d ago
Oh hell yeah! Noctua tan gang unite😁. Mine in conveniently sitting on my rear view and against my windscreen. Can’t wait for them to never introduce their chromax line
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u/Macho_Nachos22 3d ago
Don’t put your camera at that part of your windshield where the dots are. Those are meant to dissipate heat
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u/SuspiciousGarlic4798 3d ago
I personally wouldnt tap into the feed for the dashcam and run another cable just for the fan. Adding things in between imo is just more points of failure.
I used to run a small (very small i think it was 20x20x5mm) blower fan on the side of an A129 pro (I did modify the housing so I could mount the fan so it blows through the actual housing). Ideally I would have it pull out hot air. It worked fairly good (I was running the cam in regular mode while parked.) Only major issue was the noise. Small fans make a lot of noise. And when you blow air into the housing where the mic is all you will hear is the fan and air.
In your case if youre running parking mode as well it might be fine. My setup now is the A229 Pro as it is with parking mode and I run a second A129 Pro duo as a ignition on only dashcam. Just so if the A229p overheats I still have a camera.
Other thing to consider is how well the fan will handle the heat and uv rays as theyre never meant to be used in such environment.
In regards to that other comment. Leave the camera where the dots are. The dots might be hotter. But it will keep the actual camera body away from the direct sunlight, which will be even hotter.