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Review on πŸ”Œ DROK 090605 DC-DC Buck Voltage Converter 8-22V, 12V to 5V USB Step Up Regulator - 3A Output by Reza Cook

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The perfect power supply for my DVR!

It helped me. I bought this to add a power supply for my new dash cam. All I had to do was solder the wires to the pins on the end of the board, then I shrink wrapped the whole thing and connected it to my car's fuse box in a circuit that was connected to an auxiliary power supply (i.e. it only receives 12V power). when I turn on the ignition of the car). Works great, and after running a long USB cable from the fuse box under the carpet, up behind the passenger side quarter panel, up through the pillar next to the windshield, inside the front edge of the headliner and straight into the center of the windshield, right in front of mine Rear view mirror now gets my dash cam perfect performance with no visible wiring. It requires little knowledge of electrics and soldering. iron, but the whole process took 1 evening. I'll add a photo of some steps - taken with a macro lens which will distort some parts of the image. Don't worry, the board actually has nice straight edges.

Pros
  • Absolutely amazing!
Cons
  • Not bad, but...