Are they planning on any sort of solar power adapter for the outdoor cam? I’d like to put them all over my yard, but wiring it would be cumbersome, and I’m not a fan of any of the battery powered cameras out there, so some sort of solar powered option would be great.
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I haven’t seen any plans from Wyze for solar power but they are just 5 volt USB cameras. Fairly easy to use an aftermarket solar power supply.
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Thanks for the reply, I’m just weird about mixing brands. Besides, isn’t new ideas what this forum is about?
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Think of it this way, Wyze doesn’t build hardware so even if every piece has a Wyze logo on it chances are they are different brands.
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We don’t have solar power options at this point but I know it’s something that has been discussed. I’d recommend voting for solar power in another Wishlist topic. 
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If Wyze doesn’t get a solar option right away or at all, there are 5v USB solar panels, some even with built in batteries available for some other cameras. Any that provided 5v usb should work fine since usb is usb
It’s been 2 and a half month into 2020 already. It’s taking so damn long.
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I just got and set up my wyze cam 2 with sense kit yesterday. I’m pretty impressed so far.
IMO the approach of development started, is something other than what I would have what I would have started from.
What I mean is, the goal should have been developing a smart doorbell; then from there, develop an outdoor camera, as they will be in in relatively similar environments.
The constraints of going from doorbell to outdoor camera would be a lot easier.
With that the other doorbells on the market are atrocious looking. They usually look like the wall has a wort. Plus with most of those, for whatever reason, are designed to work outside of their relative software environments (I’m looking at you arlo 
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My opinions aside, I plan on vacuum forming some lexan domes and getting another wyzecam and mounting it that way, right next to a soffit to help control heat/cold and humidity.
If allowed, maybe willing to take apart one, and 3d print a weatherproof case of my own design with some external (inside the case, but not part of the wyzecam circuitry) sensors. like temp and humidity.
External sensors would be mainly to see what the how much heat the wyzecam board puts off and to see if there would be any sort of humidity issue (too much humidity would cause the copper traces to corrode, too little would cause the fiberglass circuit board to become brittle over time. I believe 25%~35% is ideal in my experience).
Once I have and ideal of the baseline heat, then I can modify my design to add internal volume for heat mitigation. Some sort of heatsink, or heat pipe would not work for me, as my region normally see -5F in winter, and around 90F in the summer.
Depending on how the wyzecam wifi is physically implemented, possibly add an external wifi antenna (I doubt it though, since it’s a $20~$25 camera), but that would involve more monitoring of the wifi’s db output, how much noise it can tolerate, yada, yada, yada.
I’m willing to share my findings with the Wyze team directly, along with my designs, once I have something going, but I’m pretty sure they already have most of these since it’s been in development for 2 years now.
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To add, maybe I should start by taking apart a wyzecam seeing if I can make a doorbell from that and a door sensor, first.
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Wyze wants to make sure that it is perfect
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… and then make a Youtube and post the code on Github. Would be very popular I’m sure.
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If you made a waterproof housing
If you could make a waterproof case. At 3-D print it and sell it I can guarantee you would sell a ton and I don’t really see how they could stop you from doing it.
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People do all kinds of modifications to cars and trucks etc. They add body kits. They paint them with bedliner so that they’re weatherproof so they can take them out in the fields and go camping and all kinds of stuff so I really don’t see what would be the difference.
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In terms of automotive and warranty, any modification to the vehicle in question, that causes an issue, would deny manufacture warranty claims on the part(s) in question.
What that means is, if you put a cold air intake on the car, and it sucks up water and hydrolocks the engine, then warranty would be denied for the engine. And with the time of connectivity and databases, the dealer would flag the engine as no longer valid for warranty. What that also means is other things like suspension and transmission warranty claims would not be denied because of the event.
With me taking apart of camera, it would defintely void whatever warranty… but $20 camera
I wouldn’t want to be making/selling, because
- calibrating a 3D printer is a PITA, and has to be done for every print. With the temp swings for my location I get about 65% success rate for a decent print. It would need to be printed in ABS because of the large range in temps it would see
- 3d printing is for prototyping. It’s not something I would be happy selling as an end produce, unlike other people.
- A FDM printer uses around 400watts to 1200watts of power. Prints can last as long as a few hours to a few days, depending on model, print speed materials. layer height, ect. Running something that sucks up that much electricity for that long…
The amount I would make selling them, would not justify the hit I would take from my electric bill, as to my reasoning why I would be willing to give my models to wyze directly.
I agree it would definitely void any warranty
Very much looking forward to outdoor Wyze cameras. I hope they don’t require any drilling into the home exterior… or long cables for power. Here is to hoping for a great product! I will be buying 3-4 of these outdoor cameras as soon as they become available!!
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They do have the ability to be powered by battery
Pretty sure powering from battery wouldn’t be the technical issue, it’s the battery monitoring and power management scheme
Not exactly sure what you’re talking about. He was saying that he was worried about running wires and all this and I was explaining to him that the outdoor cameras are also battery powered.
Y’all need to sell IR floodlights the high pwr like 200 led kind. Possibly a high output IR led bulb that fits standard floodlight sockets.
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