rowley Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Has anyone fitted reversing sensors on to the latest Sevel van? If so, where did you make your connection to source your reverse supply? Will it upset the cambus system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrytraveller Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hi Rowley, I fitted reversing sensors onto my Peugeot Mk2 Autocruise Stargazer which has a similar electrical system. The feed was taken from the reverse light/rear light cluster and works just fine. The reverse sensor unit only places a very very light loading on the circuit, just a few milliamps, I don't believe the buscam will even detect the load is there. Regards Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwaviation Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Ditto - No problems either. Don't fit your sensors too low in the bumper or they will beep at the slightest blade of grass (like mine :-( ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted June 8, 2008 Share Posted June 8, 2008 Hi Rowley, I have fitted reversing sensors to several of the new X2/50 panel vans and you can either take the power directly off the rear light cluster or there is a reverse light feed in the drivers side dashboard fusebox. either way it will not interfere with the CANBUS system. Be careful which type of sensors you buy though, because the rear bumper of the panel van is so low the normal round inset sensors will be no good as they will pick up the ground. This type of sensor usually needs to be a minimum of 500-550mm above the ground. I use the Parking Partner 2 system which has two wide angle (horizontally) shallow angle (vertically) sensors which mount under the rear bumper. The display is a bit bulky but not overly intrusive and I feel this is the best system available. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowley Posted June 8, 2008 Author Share Posted June 8, 2008 Thank you all for the replies. The comments about the height of the bumper is one that I had not thought about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeamapola Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hi Rowley, If you fit the sensors yourself and happen to take any pics I (we) would like to see them. Been thinking of doing the same job on my 2004 Adria Twin ( Fiat 2.8) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowley Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Hi Mike, I am afraid that I still have not fitted them. Partly because it is difficult to get to the reversing light cables on the X250 Twin, and Dave's (and dw's) comments about the height issue means that I would need to fit them higher than the bumper. I am now wondering about moving my rear view camera from under the bumper to above the rear doors looking down. Has anyone else fitted a camera there? and was it effective? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenewellhome Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Hi Rowley, look at the parking partner reversing sensor system (on my website, other suppliers are available ;-) ). The beauty of these sensors is they are a shallow vertical angle, wide horizontal angle sensor. This means they can be fixed under your rear bumper and adjusted to not pick up the road. You can take the reverse light feed for these sensors from the fusebox behind the drivers side knee trim. Reversing cameras are always better positioned up high and looking down. That way you can get an idea of distance to any obstacle. D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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