PanCam on my Roof - MOUNT?

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Hi - My house has a standard pitched roof - but at the top it is flat - I believe it is called a MANSARD roof - so, I have a flat portion and I am thinking about putting a WYZE PAN-CAM v3 on a tripod mount on the flat portion of the roof. I think this would be neat to see the entirety of my property. I have seen antenna mounts for roofs that use cinder blocks for weight that are temporary mounts - has anyone tried or know of any mounts for outside for the Wyze PanCam?

I can and might just weld something together from angle-iron.

Does anyone have any pictures of existing non-penetrating roof mounts?

Thanks,
PAT.

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I don’t have any experience with this, but that seems like a cool idea. I’m imagining a sort of fully panoramic view, and I haven’t seen anyone do that with a Cam Pan v3 before. I’m eager to learn what other Forum participants suggest.

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Maybe a tripod-type mount that can extend further up above the roof?

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Just be prepared to climb on the roof to reconnect the camera when: your power fails, your internet fails, Wyze servers fail, Amazon servers fail, etc. etc. etc.

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Heh. This does definitely seem like a candidate use case where someone would want to include a smart plug (for easy power cycling) in the initial installation plan.

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Not sure where the OP lives, but won’t snow cover the camera in winter?

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So maybe the installation needs provisions for a snow blower duct or mount the camera itself on a base that’s capable of rapidly spinning faster than the camera can turn in order to just fling the snow out and away in a dizzying 360° arc! :grin:

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Maybe move further south? :thinking:

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Or mount it on a pole higher than snow accumulates :rofl: