I plan to install a v3 Camera and a Floodlight above my roll-up garage door. The Lamp Socket accessory neatly solves the problem of providing power to the Camera, thanks to a somewhat nearby light fixture. But I can’t see how to power the Floodlight. I have no nearby junction box. And, I’m not eage…

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[image] Wyze Flood Light and External Mounting with a Plug Tips & Tricks Was watching a Youtube Video for mounting the Wyze Flood Light in an area where there is no Box or existing flood light. Thought this was interesting as I saw some individuals could not mount it wher…

I just installed 4 of those exact junction boxes for floodlights. Cut the female end of an extension cord off and fed it thru a drilled hole in the wall. Plugged into a Wyze Plug in the attic. Three of them have a Wyze Cam just underneath, ran that thru one of the ports in the Junction Box as well i…

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I failed to mention that there is no convenient nearby outlet. It’s on the opposite side of the garage and the opposite side of the drywall ceiling. Routing from the outlet it would cost more or less the same as installing a new junction box.

I watched the same Youtube video last night. It’s a very handy tip. But, as I wrote above, I don’t have an AC outlet that I can access. All I have is the light socket that I will use to host the adapter for the camera. If the camera and floodlight used compatible voltages all would be well. But the …

Since you are limited by nearby power and you don’t want to go thru the wall into the attic above the garage to get to it, you can still use that junction box (you need this to mount the floodlight anyway) and run the male end of an extension cord on the outside of the house over to the light fixtur…

EDIT: Just :thinking: thinking about this more, I mentioned the use of a smart plug above to trigger the Floodlight. If you are using the Wyze Socket, you won’t need that. All you would do is reverse the order. Screw the Wyze Socket into the light and power the cam. Screw the plug adapter into the…

Thanks for the key piece of information. If the socket can power both the camera and the floodlight the problem is easily solved. For some reason—I can’t recall what—I had assumed this was not possible. I do recall being unable to determine the power requirements of the combination camera and floodl…

One of my postings above contains an obvious error. The camera operates on 5 vdc and the floodlight operates on 110/120 vac. In my posting I reversed these values. The floodlight camera and lamp socket arrived this evening and with them came confusion. The lamp socket provides 5 vdc. So it can powe…

ERROR: I have sometimes misunderstood postings to this topic. I here offer an explanation intended to prevent others from suffering a similar fate. The term “lamp socket” can refer to either of two things: (1) an existing fixture that provides power and shelter for a 110/120 vac lamp; (2) a Wyze ac…

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