Reversing camera on camper

I just bought all the wiring and camera from Safety Dave at the Sandown show today to fit a camera to my camper the Ute has a camera shouldn't be to difficult to fit

Hope you didn't pay more than $50 for the lot (monitor, both cameras and all cables) otherwise you have been ripped off

Well Dmax Mate I got ripped then ,

Hey Dmax , why don't you post a link to where you got your gear , what it is ect so the OP doesn't get ripped off like I just did , that would probably be more helpful than just your previous comment
just a thought .

Gotta agree with Jackolux. Help is better than these smart a*se comments from the 'know-all' brigade. Either help out or get out, I say.
OBJ

I will post some info when I get around to fitting all my over priced but hopefully quality bits when I get around to it next week .
Jacko

Thanks DmaxQld. I have a monitor inbuilt into the dash. This shows my car reverse camera when the car is in reverse - obviously. However, it is also my GPS, so I like this on most of the time and don't want to dedicate the monitor to another camera.

I was expecting to pay a few hundred dollars, so I'd love more details on the cheap setup you mention.

Not rocket science guys. Go to ebay and type "reverse camera" into the search function

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Rear-View-Monitors-Cams-Kits-/149976/i.html

And BTW, great contribution to the discussion OBJ.

And Jackolux, other than plugging your mate "Safety Dave", you contributed zilch to the discussion also.

And for Jos, this is what I used and am happy with.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-3-TFT-LCD-Color-Car-Rearview-Rear-View-Monitor-Reverse-Backup-Camera-DVD-/291204491535?pt=US_Rear_View_Monitors_Cams_Kits&hash=item43cd23e90f

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-170-Mini-Color-CCD-Reverse-Backup-Car-Front-Rear-View-Camera-Night-Vision-/360798584105?pt=US_Rear_View_Monitors_Cams_Kits&hash=item5401457d29

Well sorry to have upset you Dmax , I have no association Safety Dave the show at Sandown is the first time I have purchased anything from him .

The reversing camera fitted to my Ute is a " Option Audio " kit purchased from my local TJM store a couple of years ago , just looking at the ebay links from Dmax , I would say the cables and connectors on the my Option Audio gear is much better , 4pin screw fitting , very secure and water proof ( been underwater many times )

I priced the trailer upgrade kit from TJM and then went to SD at the show , he was able to supply a kit with the same fittings as the TJM upgrade at a much better price
Like someone has said my reverse camera has a very wide view so its not much good as a rear view camera .I have tried it .

SD supplied a camera for the trailer with a 92 degree view that should be good for a rear view as well as reverse , at least that's what I have been lead to believe from ppl on other forums . I did do some research before I decided what to buy .

I have seen kits in the shops with the same connectors as the Ebay jobs always the cheaper gear .

I might be wrong but they just don't look anywhere as good as what I have got , I do a lot of 4x4ing , river crossings ect , it has to be 100% waterproof

All good Jackolux. I am sure the OP will appreciate your detailed response.

And for what it is worth, I also do a lot of four wheel driving and the items I posted links to have survived a number of dunkings and many, many kilometers of rough, corrugated roads over about 18 months.

Perhaps a 92 degree camera may be better, I can't comment. My little 170 camera works fine for me. I can only speak from my personal experience.

From my experience, the 170 degree camera works a treat. All you need is the immediate 10 or so metres behind the van/camper. Your rear view mirrows take care of anything further back. At least for me it works well. But hey when you get yours installed, you can give some actual feedback instead of just speculating.

Phil as I posted above I have just got a 92 degree Camera from Safety Dave , I might try it quickly on the back of the Ute just to see what the difference is before I run all the wiring to the trailer, it will only take a few minutes to swap cameras .

http://safetydave.com.au/

I have run a camera on the back of the TVan - I'm not speculating. What makes you think I was?
Glad you can see 10 metres behind on the highway, but I want to see a bit further.

Jackolux, a 92 degree camera should be better than the 120+ degree ones I've used in the past. Good thinking to try it first.

DmaxQld, On having another read of my post, I can see you may not have realised I use a camera on the Tvan, so I apologise.
The OP's question was "I want it to assist when reversing the camper, but mainly for extra vision on the road behind the camper" - I try to keep my reply relevant.

Phil its a 2006 Tvan I want to run the camera on,

I have a bit of a idea where I will mount it but I would be interested to know where you had yours and where you run the wiring ,

Any photos . In assume from the way I read you post you have removed the camera .

Regards Jacko

Jacko,
I still have the wide angle camera on the Tvan. I just wouldn't mind using a narrow angle camera instead. Here are the photos. Camera mounted on chassis and is protected against stones by the water tank. Wiring into hole in LHS chassis rail. It comes out a second hole and then threaded thru the drawbar to the front. I still used the original power/video connections at the vehicle, although another simpler option is to power the camera from the park lights and whenever you want to use the camera, turn the lights on. The 200series comes with its own reversing camera so I run a small separate screen just for the Tvan. On the 79series, I had the second camera at the back of the vehicle and swapped connections whenever I hooked up the Tvan.

Thanks for the pic's Phil . My camera is a rectangle shape the same as the ones you see on the back of Caravans , you have prob seem plenty of em .

I want to try and mount it up high on the deck , it will be underneath facing the ground when the deck is down , so will have to see what I can de about protecting it .

I have 3 leads one from the camera to the drawbar a curly stretchy lead to connect from that one to another from the rear of the Ute to the monitor in the Cab the Option Audio monitor has a spare input for a 2nd camera .

But you have given me a idea , if I cant be stuffed running the cable to monitor I could just unplug the reverse camera and connect the Tvan camera to the lead already there , it would be very quick to do that ,

The 2 different cameras on the back of the Ute , not real good photos just Iphone pics of the screen , the door is exactly 3metres from the camera . Photo 2 is 92deg don't know what the wide angle is . I hope that might be of some interest

Attached a camera to the Tvan yesterday , the 90deg view seems very good as a rear view , haven't run the wiring properly yet just rough to take it for a test drive