Welcome to the Forum, @ecstoc! 
I wonder if this is peculiar to Lamp Socket v1 and Cam v4, because it reminds me of another recent topic where a user was seeing Lamp Socket v1s becoming disconnected from Cam v4 and subsequently grouping with another Lamp Socket v1 connected to a Cam v3. I think Lamp Socket v2 is going to be the real solution for that one, too.
I’m not certain who the Product Manager is for Lamp Socket v2, so I’ll ping @WyzeJasonJ to pass along the kudos. Thanks for sharing your positive experience! 