I currently have a Wyze Cam V3 mounted onto the brick wall next to my front door. I like (love?) this camera, but I need to add a second camera that has a telephoto so I can see license plates in the driveway 30-50’ away. To that end, I was about to purchase a Wyse OG Telephoto with the plan of mounting the new camera right next to the existing one.
But I don’t want to have 2 wires running across the outside wall…
I would REALLY want to be able to drill a hole through the brick and run the wires for both cameras to a plug inside the house. Preferably a single wire that has a splitter that can power both cameras.
Is this possible? Is there an addon product that will do this?
And yes (before anyone says it), I have experience running electrical wiring. I did the wiring for my entire house myself. A warning about needing a licensed electrician is nice, but in my case, unwarranted.
I use a PoE process to power my camera’s. I purchased a splitter to supply power to both cameras. Basically, my PoE provides enough power to support 2 devices in one spot.
Since you have one camera hooked up already, you could split off of that and power the second. Where ever it is plugged in, change the power Brick to one with a bit more power.
Yes just upgrade the power brick (usb power supply) to a 2 amp/2000ma one (1.5 would probably be plenty, but play it safe). Any decent brand, even an old 2A Samsung phone charger, will work fine. Then get a micro-USB splitter cable for the other end, one female to two male, if you plan to stack the two a fairly short one should do fine. I like to use a bit of silicone grease on the rubber/plastic mating parts of the connections plus wrap them in some white electrical tape, just to be safe.
The OG stack kit comes with a 1.5A adapter and a splitter USB cable. You don’t mention how long your cable run is but if it is working for the v3 it should be fine. Under 15 feet or so is good, 15-25 is “iffy” and over 25 is problematic.