hey everybody eric here from nomadic fanatic hope you guys are doing well it is currently
raining outside so once again we are going to be doing some indoor projects on frida today uh two
things real quick um for some reason the bnc cable that i ordered for the exterior security cameras
got stuck in collinsville illinois it has been sitting there since last thursday and um i've
tried calling them just to find out if i can come pick up that package um it's kind of just
stuck in transit it's real close it's only about 20 miles away but um i still have not finished my
full security camera installation we're going to be working on that first there's a couple projects
uh the big one is going to be my new uh backup camera for both the rv and tater tot or the rv and
the motorcycle trailer if i were to do that but um yeah let's get started with a simple project
here inside thanks for joining me guys i will be uploading this video with some nomad internet
there is a link below in the video description if you're looking for some projects projects
project one i got me a dc screen tv tiny little it's uh hemway got this on amazon for 79 bucks
it's a 10 inch led dc or it could be an ac tv this thing runs on
seven watts this thing runs on less than an incandescent bulb that i replaced on frida so
i will show you where we're gonna mount this what i'm going to do is i'm going to have this little
10-inch right above my 24-inch tv and it's going to be mounted there permanently so that i can have
a four-way split screen of my security cameras that way in case i hear a funny scary sound
outside and all my blinds are shut i can just look up from the tv and look and see what's going on
right outside my rv at any of my four angles there although i have more than four cameras
or i could put it on nine screen and see all how many cameras are we going i'm gonna add one more
camera inside that i forgot to tell you about but yeah let's go install this guy right now
all right so i got this tiny tiny little tv mount with a tiny little swivel there that is hilarious
but you know this monitor weighs nothing so let's see oh my gosh that is crazy how light that thing
is what we got here oh it's got component inputs too vg i see vga like laptop hdmi there's usb
there's even coax on this guy whoa well that's cool 7 watts of dc power and i really lucked out
okay so it came with the ac adapter converter but we're just gonna use 12 volts for now because
i lucked out i'm going to be mounting it uh right above and behind my swivel 24 inch tv
and look guys 12 volt right there although i could uh wire it in fuse it in we've got
12 volt running right here as well so you know i could get rid of this cord potentially but
i want to have the security camera right there tv monitor so i can have both of them i don't have to
switch back and forth between hdmis so i'm gonna have to put another piece of plywood up there
to hold this guy something like that i think like that yeah all right it's uh mounted in there fits
really well obviously there's no signal because we don't have our dvr hooked up quite yet in this
video but hopefully in my next video we'll have the wires i need to finish my security system and
uh yeah this one won't swivel but this one this one can swivel around so that i can sit right here
and swivel that actually you can still kind of see it when you're sitting here i guess anyways it's
there i'm happy with it and project numero dos so the boys at modified auto installed me a backup
camera for frida that back up camera is a license plate which will help me keep an eye on the hitch
but it is not helping me keep an eye on what's going on behind me or how tater tot works
or allowing me to back up and yes i do back up my car with my blue ox system with a simple one
dollar bungee trick i have a video on that that i will link in a card up top here for you to check
out so if i get to a campground or somewhere where i need to back up it's nice to be able
to see what the car is doing back there so that i can respond with the rv quick enough
uh the car is so narrow that you can't see it in the two side mirrors of the rv what it's doing
until it's too late because it has turned too much and then you got to straighten back up so
miranda has a backup camera up high that i can see in this company fxt based out of shenzhen
china okay they sent me this this picture i will show you this picture and said hey
we think this could be a better solution for you and knowing nothing about it but saying
absolutely send it to me it arrived today so i'm going to be installing a dual camera system
with i believe it's a seven inch monitor to put inside let me just show you what's in
the package first all right inside we've got the seven inch monitor oh neat so there's all
kinds of mounting hardware here you could go like this and mount it on the dash but
it came with this funky doohickey mount here which is meant for the rear view mirror
you just put it to the rear view mirror and then attach this and then you can angle it
anywhere you want from the rear view mirror and i don't use that for looking out the back of my rv
obviously so i think that's where i'm going to put it and then i'll hide the wire up top for the
screen but the more important part is this guy here recognize this right here yeah that might
look exactly like one of your stock five clearance markers on the back of your rv all right see those
guys up there most rvs are going to have those four five red markers two on the edge three in
the center that's a security camera right there of mine this will simply replace that light
right there and then have the camera built in and the reason for that is because since this is a
wireless system it still needs 12 volts so we're simply going to tap in a 12 volt right at that
clearance light so that this is always powered well always powered when the clearance lights
are on hence your running lights or if you didn't want the screen on all the time when you're ready
to back up you simply turn on your headlights and this camera will work so once i get this hooked
up obviously we're going to test everything out make sure that the the wireless transmitter works
this is built for rvs so it's supposed to be okay however we also got another license plate bracket
wireless camera and like i said this one can go on the harley trailer when i'm doing that
but we're gonna put it on tater tot and again you need dc power so we're gonna connect into the
license plate light of the smart car to hook this one on so that i can even get the car as
close to a curb or keep an eye on water lines or power lines or something at the campground
and this is also wireless will it reach the distance and go through the car and the rv these
are things we need to find out today so first of all hop on the ladder and install this guy
and hey i'm going to walk you through this whole process and show you it's supposed to be super
easy anybody can do it let's get on the ladder all right again this is my security camera that
records 24 7 and goes to the cloud to the internet these clearance lights will just the lenses will
just pop off with a flathead screwdriver and then you got two phillips screws to undo here
there might be a little bit of silicone around the edge that you'll have to break loose also
let's see how well oh no that kind of just came right off how about that awesome
okay just clean up all the glue extra stuff around there
not cut into the wire
all right well i just turned on the clearance lights up there and i actually noticed that
this one's out that bulbs out so the one i just pulled out this one i have an extra bulb to put
in up there uh but the only thing i don't know is which one's positive and negative because they're
both just black wires so i turn the clearance lights on we're going to check for a 12 volt here
and i can't do that with one hand on the ladder so i'm going to use my volt meter
find out which one's positive all right all wired up and uh tucked away behind the hole all cleaned
up i will have to silicone around this which i was just taking a look at all the old not silicone
the non-sag dicor needs to be uh tuned up on all of these so we'll get that i was able to
use the two old old screws holes that were in these and then i had to drill one more pilot
right there so i'll go ahead and screw that in by hand carefully here it's grabbing real good
there we go all right and let me see if it fits i don't know the new lens isn't quite the same color
as the old one so let's just try this maybe we'll get lucky does it fit i had to put some muscle
into it but it clicked in so i just figured having one bright one eventually i'd have to change all
these anyway but for right now they all have the same lenses i'll i'll uh keep this one as a
spare for later uh let's replace that one bulb and then we'll turn them on all right replace the bulb
and uh the only thing is this one physically looks brighter than the other ones because it's an led
and eventually i will swap all of these to led as well um you need an allen wrench to tighten up
two on this side and two on the other side once you get the angle
since i haven't really picked the angle that i want yet i'm not going to do that part yet
i am going to take off this satisfying little piece of plastic on the lens right there come on
there we go yeah and uh yeah we're almost done back here besides uh
putting some dykor up here all right so i want to do a quick test but i got the garage door
actually i'm going to open the garage door so at least see something out here hang on all right up
here in the cockpit this is just just for testing it out and every oh my gosh it's going to turn on
uh i thought it was oh wait i need to turn that you need to turn the clearance lights on
give it a minute look at that we have a view so right now it's in split view that's because we
have the other camera to hook up i bet there's a way to change it so i could just have the one
camera for now also though but i did add the antenna on top you can see right there
also the one on the back um i forgot to point that out there is an antenna that you put on the
back of the camera right there there we go i just figured it out guys i know there's some flickering
on your end here but it's a crystal clear image on my end what i want to do is wait to tighten up
those bolts so i get the car put on here because i want to have a view down here where my fingers
at of the actual blue walk so i can always keep an eye on how it's connected and everything so
we'll fine tune this uh for right now just the one camera i'm really happy
but i will at least show you that part of it here it is right here and again i think i also forgot
to mention that these are all wi-fi connected so it's not rf you probably have you probably have
someone sitting next to you that's like no no eric that's a terrible idea those
cameras never work and they have connectivity issues actually wi-fi guys these are not rf
so you can see that little logo right there where my thumb is it says
fhd wi-fi enabled connectivity so these are a lot better than the old rf ones so this will go
on the car or the motorcycle trailer later but i have got some wiring hiding to take care of first
otherwise uh i'm really happy with the way this installation went i think that's really clean
up there one thing i didn't think about so if i put this on tater tot right now for towing
and hook into the license plate light on there um currently the way i flat toe uh the smart cars has
to have the battery cut off during towing there's a seven step process to put it into neutral
clear it all up and then you turn off the power and then the lights are only getting power via
the cable that goes from the rv so tapping into i'm glad i caught that before i did this tapping
into the license plate right now i will not be able to power this camera on the back of tater tot
unless i find 12 volt elsewhere so i need to think about how i'm going to do that
i might need to go back inside the car and tap into the tail lights
of the car because the tail lights will be lit along with the brake lights there is 12 volt there
but not in the license plate light itself and that might be an easy fix i might even talk to
robert about doing that it's a little beyond just you know tapping into one of the clearance lights
so i'm gonna put this one on hold but it did come with this package
speaking of the pack you know what i did good today i think i deserve a delicious beverage yeah
all right again want to thank this company for sending this out to me if this is something
you're interested in and so far i mean guys this is this is a top-notch good quality system here
this is from fxt technology um it is shipped out of shenzhen china however you pronounce that but
i got it in about four four days so real quick here's the one i got they got a bunch of them
the fx 12 l here on their website price 385 it includes the both cameras and includes a bunch of
different ways to mount the big screen anyway uh there's a bunch of specs down here wait a minute
loop recording see i didn't even read the manual look at this you can put a 128 gigabyte card in
that monitor and it will record it's a dash cam it's a dash cam guys that is so cool so actually
i could even mount this somewhere in the front of the rv and then i would always have an
extra dash cam rolling 24 7. that is really cool all right it says good lens 160 degree
wide angle which is very very wide there's a shot of it on the back of a license plate there
okay very cool uh ip69 waterproof so very waterproof
okay there's a bunch of stuff here anyway there's a link in the video description
here's another picture showing how they put one on the truck one in the back of the trailer or one in
the back of the boat even okay that was i would say that was a pretty easy install right guys
so link in the video description below this video thank you fxt technology for sending
out that is going to help dramatically on the road do we have other projects let me think oh i know
i had some people asking me about this so when i pulled off the analog antenna it left this hole
on the inside and some people had asked me what i was going to do about that well i had an idea
and i'm going to show you that right now i mean you gotta have one anyway right yeah this is
actually cool so it is a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm all in one how great is that to just have
to only worry about one it's got a convenient little front loading battery door right there
so i'm going to get the mount up and uh it's going to go right over that hole all right plate is on
see if i can figure this out there you go clicked right in just close the battery door
heck yeah push test button is that it okay it works thank you thank you
warning carbon monoxide cool so she even tells me if it's fire or carbon monoxide that's cool safety
second safety first don't do what i do blah blah blah you know i want to go get some more 9 volt
batteries obi says we should bring the car and not the motorcycle huh we got one boat for the car
sounds like opie says this is the way to go because he's a cool cool kitty him's good boy last
project for the evening i'm bringing the litter robot automatic litter box officially
into frida here in the passenger seat area right there
and uh going to spend the night with the kitties in the rv gonna open up the garage and
uh in my next video stay tuned uh we're going on a little trip guys heck yeah
you came to snuggle me thanks sophia needed a snuggle monster
thank you it's a very nice you to snuggle me hope you sleep good yeah you know snuggling now
okay how about tara what if tara wants to cuddle tara hi tara dara you came here to snuggle snuggle
you can lay with us our force cuddle no you don't have to force you can do whatever you want tara
i just want you to know i love you tara and she's a good girl oh tara's giving
me kisses getting jealous opie i got tara kisses i did oh my goodness what a good boy
are you smiling it looks like you're smiling
you