Tacoma backup camera install help

[APolinko]

Hey everybody,
I am trying to get this done, so this a repost from TW
I am currently working on installing a cheap LCD/backup camera system. Does anybody have any experience wiring these cameras to a ignition on power source? I am thinking that I would like to wire the camera to a hot source/ignition relay rather than my backup signal so that I could switch the monitor on while not in reverse.

Knowing that it is a cheap camera, I know I run the risk of torching it from always being on, but what do you guys think?

I am planning on running the LCD using switched ignition power from the interior fuse box and an add a circuit.

The other thought is to find an On/Off SPDT switch and run switched power to both items. However, I have had trouble finding this type of switch.

Would anybody do it differently? Suggestions?

 

[ih8philly]

Hey everybody,
I am trying to get this done, so this a repost from TW
I am currently working on installing a cheap LCD/backup camera system. Does anybody have any experience wiring these cameras to a ignition on power source? I am thinking that I would like to wire the camera to a hot source/ignition relay rather than my backup signal so that I could switch the monitor on while not in reverse.

Knowing that it is a cheap camera, I know I run the risk of torching it from always being on, but what do you guys think?

I am planning on running the LCD using switched ignition power from the interior fuse box and an add a circuit.

The other thought is to find an On/Off SPDT switch and run switched power to both items. However, I have had trouble finding this type of switch.

Would anybody do it differently? Suggestions?

Why would you need a SPDT switch? You are just switching power off/on correct? Wouldn't a SPDT switch route power to one device to the other, not at the same time? Even for two devices you would still only use a SPST switch.

 

[slooowr6]

I've one from Audiovox, it turns on when backup light comes on. It also has a manual switch to turn it on manually. That might be an easier and cleaner installation.

 

[APolinko]

Why would you need a SPDT switch? You are just switching power off/on correct? Wouldn't a SPDT switch route power to one device to the other, not at the same time? Even for two devices you would still only use a SPST switch.

I was thinking a SPDT with an On/Off rather than the usual On/Off/On. I guess it made sense in my head. I was visualizing one power source for two connections on the back of the switch. Essentially, one switch to turn both devices on.