cg_ops wrote:...Mostly looking for what worked/didn't work for you. How you felt wired vs wireless worked. etc. Any thoughts/input is appreciated! Thank you!
***** I installed a cheap back-up camera on my HHR Panel, so I could see better than by just using my rearview mirrors (the enclosed panel truck has really limited viewing angles, that took a lot of getting accustomed to in crowded shopping centers). I bought it at Pep Boys in 2010, and used it for four years before the camera became damaged.
***** I mounted it underneath the bumper, 6-8 inches above the ground, so I wouldn't have to mount it inside the rear hatch. I hardwired it in, though it said it was also wireless, but it never got a picture in the viewer until I re-connected the line to the camera (I had already mounted the camera, and never tested it previously). But, it was useful in a limited way, even with an unlighted camera (back-up lights and taillights were sufficient, though), and with a 3" monochrome display, it was a bit hard to discern details (already 60 when I installed it, my eyes had some trouble viewing it).
***** I've since driven a couple of newer Chevy's with their factory rearview system, and there's been a quantum increase in usability, with the newer systems...so much so, that I have considered adding a similar one on my TTT and HHR (switching the system from one to another, depending on which I'm using), if I find a
wireless good one for cheap, though I really don't need one, since I rarely use either.
***** In your case, though, since you can run a wired network into your unfinished trailer without any problem, I'd not go wireless, since there are a myriad of wireless-transmitting sources out there that might interfere with reception. At my old job, they tried wireless cameras for security purposes, but switched to wired units, after some unknown interference source kept degrading reception. So why not just use hardwiring, and avoid a future problem that might occur?
