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movax
Aug 30, 2008

Bajaha posted:

Anybody have any recommendations for a dashcam that can operate reliably in unbelievable cold? I'm talking temperatures of around -40*C (coincidentally -40*F) Would be nice to get one but with how low the temperatures get around here I'm thinking I'll have trouble finding one that'll be ok with it.

You'll have to shop for something 'industrial'. Most electronic components that are rated for a commercial temperature range are something like 0C up to 85C. Industrial / extended temp components are -45C to 85C or possibly 125C. Automotive-graded components (like capacitors) are usually -45/40C to 85C rated.

I'd assume cut-rate devices coming out of Asia aren't using X7R/similar high stability / temperature compensated caps so they will probably suffer badly at low temps (likely due to brown outs from caps not operating correctly).

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