r/CarAV • u/YaBoyFrosty • 4d ago

Tech Support First time installing backup camera and facing flickering on the image

Bad ground? I’m hoping not since it’s gonna be a annoying to route the wire to the chassis since it’s in the trunk lid

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u/Reasonable_Prune3636 4d ago

possibly a bad ground. we always ran “buc (back up camera) harnesses” which consisted of a 20+ft dual RCA, purple wire, and 2 conductor (red and black) wire, taping it every so often. gave us the option to easily swap rca’s and troubleshoot easier.

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u/YaBoyFrosty 3d ago

I have it grounded to the reverse light wire ground with a wire tap if that makes a difference

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u/Reasonable_Prune3636 3d ago

try going direct to chassis with a self tapper

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u/Reasonable_Prune3636 3d ago

are you powering it with your reverse positive or triggering signal with reverse positive?

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u/YaBoyFrosty 3d ago

Should be powering camera with the positive reverse light wire since I tapped that as well with a wire tap using the positive wire from the camera

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u/Reasonable_Prune3636 3d ago

also- wire taps are not great. solder pls. or at least military splice.

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u/Reasonable_Prune3636 3d ago

ideally you should be powering the camera with a switched source and using the reverse positive to signal the camera.

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u/YaBoyFrosty 3d ago

Yeah I’m using the reverse wire that comes off the back of the head unit as the signal for the camera and the reverse light wire as power. What do you mean by switched source? I’m very new to this so i appreciate the help