Dual 5v Output ports for other USB-powered devices.12v Output port for BlackVue (or other) dashcam.12.8v, 3000mAh Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo4) battery (38.4W).
Professional installation is recommended. Operation has been simplified with the B-112 as well! There are no adjustments to be made this is an plug-and-play setup. The B-112 does work with any BlackVue dashcam, of course. Conveniently enough, there are also two USB ports on the B-112 that can charge other devices such as your cell phone which is a nice touch! The two USB ports on the B-112 are high current and can supply up to 2A each.īlackVue's B-112 battery pack with efficient power supply controller can provide power to your BlackVue dashcam for up to 12 hours without any external power input. This battery pack then supplies power to your dashcam (or other 12v accessory) via the high-quality Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo4) battery that is built-in to the unit.
The B-112 is designed to plug in to your car's cigarette lighter power outlet. Best to stick with one or the other.NOTE: The B-112 has been discontinued, please click here to see the newest version: B-124X Ultra Battery Pack.īrand new for 2016, BlackVue's newest backup battery pack is leaps and bounds better than the original! A ground-up redesign of the original B-100, the new B-112 Power Magic Battery Pack from BlackVue lasts longer and charges much more quickly than before. Because of this, I would agree with Pittasoft that combining the PMP and B-112 isn't a good idea. This leads me to believe that there's a LOT of loss in trying to have one battery charge another battery to run a camera. Instead of 9 hours I didn't get 31.5 hours.
Having the full charged portable USB battery pack charge the B-112 and run the dashcam offered not 3.5x the recording time but rather a very modest 33% improvement in recording time. I know there'd be some losses with having one battery charge another, but they didn't recommend it due to the fact that the B-112 sucks a lot of power while charging and is too much of a drain on your car battery if it's charging without your car being on.įor testing purposes I tried plugging the B-112 into a portable USB battery pack to try and get more runtime (26,800 mAh at 5V versus 3,000 mAh at 12.8V with the B-112.) My B-112 was dead at the time and I wanted to see if the battery pack would provide wayyyy more recording time due to the fact that it offered 3.5x the capacity of the B-112. Oh, speaking of the two, I asked Pittasoft about combining the PMP and B-112 to run off of both batteries. Hopefully I can get longer runtimes! *fingers crossed* I'm sure the PMP is a better value and while I'm not sure I would necessarily drop the cash myself on a B-112 if I needed to buy one, I really do like having a secondary battery dedicated to my dashcam that doesn't put additional strain and stress on my car battery itself. I'm curious to see how much runtime I get with it at different voltage settings.
On a related note, I just got a brand new car battery and so I wired in the Power Magic Pro this week to see how things look with it. I often have my car parked for days on end and would ideally love to be able to record for several days if possible. The primary thing I wish was different is I wish I could record for much longer periods of time. I also like that it has two USB ports which allows me to charge my phone while parked without having to have my car's electronics turned on and that's helpful too. It also runs at 12.8V instead of 5V, but I would think the first reason would be the primary explanation. Instead of the traditional Lithium Ion, they use Lithium Ion Phosphate for their batteries which is better able to handle the extreme temperatures inside a car.
I asked Pittasoft why it was physically so much larger and they said there's two reasons. It's bigger than my portable USB battery packs I use for charging cell phones and whatnot.