Helmet cam power supply
My Drift helmet cam is annoying me. It eats its battery in standby in typically the time it takes to get along some rubbish bit of motorway and onto roads that might be worth filming.
I've dremelled a hole in the back door and siliconed a USB in the back. Yesterday I ran it off a UBS emergency phone charger pack thing using two AAA rechargeables. It still went flat and missed the bit I wanted (I fell off on the Hardnott pass due to frozen run off on a hairpin!). This maybe because the AAA's are knocking on a bit and I only wanted to use them to play. I won't help that it was only about 2 above freezing.
Questions then
Is anyone running a longer USB directly off the bike? Any issues with water? (I have a bike USB but keep is covered while riding).
Are there bigger or better battery packs? I don't mind four AA's or a palm sized lithium in a pocket on a short wire if such things exist.
Cheers
Andy
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