Rear View Camera on your Camper

[brian90744]

I posted this info on Pop-up campers, but anyone who tows this is good. I installed a 12V wireless (rear view)back-up camera system. The 3” monitor just plugs in to the 12 volt outlet in the truck. The camera had a 8 ft cable to connect to the back up lights 2 wires. I temp hooked up the 2 wires (blk & rd) to the battery= turned the monitor on , GREAT a Back-up system works. Next I cut the camera cable that down to about 2 ft long and noticed a metal thing about 12” from the camera, then I slit the 2 wire harness cover open ( easy) and found the metal tube was the wireless antenna. Found a place on the back of my camper to mount the camera. Looked inside my camper to locate a 12v power line, found under the rear seat, rear pouch light wires close the camera hole I drilled to mount camera. Join the positive and neg wires to the pouch light wires. Works . It doesn't have to be connected to the brake lights to work, just any 12v line. see pictures.
I can also plug the monitor inside my camper to see who's outside my unit. Driving it's like having a rear view mirror in the cab. I can monitor my 60" wide M416 trailer on the highway while driving for any problem such as sway & bounce and it help when backing up. If you tow a trailer this is a good addition to your camper, NOTE: All 2016 Cars will come with Rear View Cameras.

 

[workerdrone]

How much was the system? I'm about to do the same thing, ordered wireless screen and camera ($49) and wireless transmitter ($18) - just hooked it up to 12v to test yesterday and seems great.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Technology will always try to overcome people's lack of common sense and increased distractions which in the end will only make them even more complacent about things. If you need help backing up then simply have your passenger hop out and help, backup cameras typically have a narrower field of view and will not see the idiot blasting around the parking lot at wally world right before he hits you.

 

[workerdrone]

There's plenty of times I have no passenger or even if I do I would love extra information that can be provided by a camera - hooking up a trailer alone, backing up to a dock....

 

[tgreening]

Technology will always try to overcome people's lack of common sense and increased distractions which in the end will only make them even more complacent about things. If you need help backing up then simply have your passenger hop out and help, backup cameras typically have a narrower field of view and will not see the idiot blasting around the parking lot at wally world right before he hits you.

That's a bit of a simplistic and narrow minded view mate. A back up cam isn't meant to take the place of your eyes and common sense, but there is no good reason not to make use of one.

I don't know about most people but I don't always have a Trunk Monkey with me that can hop out and tell me what is directly behind my 102" wide camper on an instant by instant basis. It comes in handy on my pickup when backing into a spot and wanting to get every last inch of depth out of it, without stabbing my hitch through the grill of the guy in the space behind me, and a 4 door long bed dually F450 needs all the space it can get.

And I'm the sort that stares at wings on a plane to make sure they don't fall off so a back up cam is an invaluable tool for staring at my hitch to make sure my trailer doesn't try to escape.

 

[IdaSHO]

Im looking at options right now.

For a few reasons and purposes...

*Obvious blind spot check when backing
*hitching up trailer
*keeping tabs on trailer and/or load on trailer
*possibility of getting one that works with/as a dash cam to record rear view as well (people LOVE to tailgate RVs)

And a second unite Ive considered installing right over the entry door to the camper,
with the monitor right inside, so you can see who's knocking without opening the door.

Our travels take us everywhere. Last trip we attended a few events right downtown Tacoma WA.
We wound up "camping" overnight in a street pay-to-park lot.

Lots of riff-raff.

You never know who will come knocking....

Technology will always try to overcome people's lack of common sense and increased distractions which in the end will only make them even more complacent about things. If you need help backing up then simply have your passenger hop out and help, backup cameras typically have a narrower field of view and will not see the idiot blasting around the parking lot at wally world right before he hits you.

Says the guy with a montero and a jeep.

 

[deminimis]

Great mod. I've been considering a third camera mounted above the camper door as well. I'll hard wire mine into my nav system as I have a unused cargo cam circuit. Would be nice to get the big picture from above and be able to activate it while going down the road. I have a rear cam that triggers when the back up lights fire. Works great for backing and hooking up. Heck, this cam even has a mic for sound (I didn't wire that as I figure I'm more likely to feel the bump than to hear the muffled screams).

While on the subject, I would suggest some of you look at a front cam as well. With our rig, I can not tell where my front bumper ends. The front cam cures that. Kicks on when going under 8mph and kicks off when you exceed 8mph (that is a function of my jailbreak software, not the cam or an aftermarket monitor).