Before you all say the obvious (not very secure as you can just turn it off or unplug it
), here is my CCTV camera install.
It is a Tapo 3MP camera that is running from my AllPowers via a 12v-9v step down.
At the moment it is only connected to my home Wi-Fi when on the driveway and I can view the camera from the house/get alerts - however, I have also bought a mobile broadband dongle/sim to install in the van so it will be connected to the van internet, so I can view the camera from my phone whenever I leave it e.g shopping or on a day trip.
So the reason for the switch?
It is configured to record motion to the local SD card but it also uploads to the cloud. If it is active whilst driving then it will be constantly uploading shed loads of clips to the cloud filling up the space and rinsing my SIM card data bundle in a matter of hours.
Whilst the van is parked I can switch it on and when I go to get in the van I can switch it off.
It doesn’t matter if someone breaks in and turns off the switch (assuming they knew what it was for) or pulls out the power lead as it should have saved their mug to the SD card and also the cloud - so even if they remove the SD card it should still be visible online.
And the reason it is not just connected to ignition live is that I couldn’t work out how to do it so it was connected to the AllPowers/leisure battery - although thinking about it now I could probably use a relay with the ignition live triggering the switched power taken from the AllPowers.
If I ever change it to be ignition switched then I will use the switch for the additional LED lights running from the AllPowers that I intend to install next.
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