Amazon micro-usb splitters did not work running a Wyze Cam Pam v3 and Wyze Cam v3

[Newshound]

@ortho

I suspect the usb mico splitters use some very narrow gauge wire somewhere internally and a result cause some voltage drop causing the problem.

Your 20-30 foot runs are enough to drop the voltage enough so a splitter dividing the limited resources would then fail. Both the V3 Pan and the V3 are on the edge at that distance. Read this Tips and Tricks I wrote up (look to post 2 for the testing).

Look for other excellent options to successfully run that distance in the replies.

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