Wyze cam look like will burn

[joegentleman]

I plug the bridge into this cam, after few months, cam with the bridge too hot, the senses connected often show offline. It’s seems the bridge blocked the air hole of the camera.

[LonnieM]

People have used Wyze Cams in outdoor enclosures that completely seal them, and in temperatures far higher than the climate-controlled interior of most homes without them failing.

[sodcam]

Actually those holes in the back of the case only go to the speaker and do not provide any cooling unless you remove the speaker and panel from behind them - which makes setting up the cam on a new Wifi near impossible since you will never hear the audio prompts.

But yes, there have been many reports of sense bridges getting very hot and dropping offline.

You can move the bridge away from the cam with a USB extension cable.

You can also power the sense bridge independently of the V2 cam and move the bridge away from the cam at the same time.

You can also drill cooling holes in the case.

Links with example photos below.

Using USB Extension Cable for Sense Bridge - Seems to help signal

I have increased my outdoor mailbox’s Motion Sensor signal by adding a 3 foot USB A (Male) to USB A (Female) extension between my WyzeCam and the Sensor Bridge. The cable I had on hand is black, but I’ve ordered a white one from ​Amazon This works on both my V1 and V2 cams. I had a couple of these cables, but not all of them were able to fully connect the bridge. On one, the bridge’s light would stay constantly yellow; never turned blue. Another would connect intermittently…likely had a bro…

Wyzesense needs a daily reboot?

@Infamousadmin, you cracked it. And, inspired by your solution, I found a way to shunt extra power to the bridge that doesn’t require soldering or splicing. I ordered this power-splitting USB Y-cable from Amazon (Amazon.com) and connected the Wyze sensor bridge to the USB3 female port, then plugged the male USB3-A end into the CamPan and the male USB2-A end into a two-port, 3-amp USB power adapter. The CamPan power cable is connected to the second port on the power adapter. With this setup, the…

Eufy Cameras

top, both sides. first Open base. take bottom off. use low speed as the plastic is low melting temp. I use 1mm drill bit on a dremel tool. use depth stop if u have one. or mark with tape on drill bit. I put a few holes extra holes bottom. on both sides, there are ribbon cables. I use a thin metal strip between housing and cable to stop the drill bit damaging any cable. you can disassemble whole unit. but I did not. I drilled close to middl align to the processing board and sensor chip. t…

[sodcam]

@LonnieM

Wyze Cams in outdoor enclosures that completely seal them, and in temperatures far higher than the climate-controlled interior of most homes

Absolutely! However I have never heard of anyone putting a sense bridge on a camera inside one of these enclosures.

[Brlepage]

Welcome to the Wyze community!
Was your camera in a window? I had a camera in a window that got hot.
Is your camera and sensor bridge still under warranty? If so then I’d contact the @WyzeTeam.
tel:+1-844-999-3226