How long do accessories stay powered on?

[Kofad]

I checked the camera's continuous recordings and it apparently lost power about 3 hours after ignition was turned off.

I just went to the truck and when I opened the door, I saw the camera turn off. Now it refuses to power on from my tap regardless of the engine being on or off, but it works fine if I use the 12 v adapter. A test light shows power running to both fuses in the tap so I'm at a loss and just losing my mind here.

I'm going to check with a multimeter some time later today and try to figure out what the hell is happening.

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[cyberdog]

Not sure you can gauge the time with a dash cam, many have capacitors or batteries to power the unit when the 12v feeds turns off.

I know the radio runs for either 10 or 15 minutes after turning the truck off, unless you open a door with a Lariat. - And my battery is good, having replaced it with a larger H5 with loads of reserve, and it typically reports 12.7 volts via the BlueTooth monitor.

 

[MakinDoForNow]

It was set to 2700 by default, yes. However, wouldn't that mean it would have cut power after 45 minutes? When I had checked whether the camera was still getting power, over 90 minutes had gone by.

I've changed the value to 300 seconds and checked 15 minutes later. It was still powered.

Surely I'm missing something here.

How about disabling the power point timeout and see if that makes it go off with key off????

 

[MakinDoForNow]

I checked the camera's continuous recordings and it apparently lost power about 3 hours after ignition was turned off.

I just went to the truck and when I opened the door, I saw the camera turn off. Now it refuses to power on from my tap regardless of the engine being on or off, but it works fine if I use the 12 v adapter. A test light shows power running to both fuses in the tap so I'm at a loss and just losing my mind here.

I'm going to check with a multimeter some time later today and try to figure out what the hell is happening.

What is voltage at the tap that doesn't work? Some circuits may have relay that disconnects if voltage drops below certain point (12.1v???).

 

[Kofad]

Update: I gave up. For now. Needed the truck clean for the weekend and I won't have the time to chase electrical gremlins for a bit, so I tucked the 12 volt adapter's wiring where I could. It's not as clean, but at least it works.

To be continued.

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