Installation Tips For Outdoor Wired WiFi Security Cameras 

you're the only that made a video for people that can't run cable through the walls but want POE .. thank you

Your WiFi outdoor camera videos are awesome. I've watched several of them now. Super detailed and informative and complete, but scripted and professional, so you don't waste the viewer's time. So great. I am now a happy subscriber to your excellent videos. Thank you for doing this!

I just bought my first security camera with cable and your video gave me hope that I can install it the correct way. Thanks👍

Don’t put the power source on the outside of the house. It’s easy to scope out a location and simply unplug it.

I've been watching you for so long. you are seriously the best RU-vidr for camera and doorbells and other tech gear. I have a recessed box and Reolink 822 will not mount directly to a standard box. I simply do not understand why Reolink would not allow their cameras to mount directly to a standard exterior box. its quite silly. However, with your method here, I can mount the Reolink to my existing box. thank you!

Your a lifesaver bro, ive been thinking about how i solve these issues. Now its work well done.

That last part with that big outdoor grey box is exactly what I've been looking for.. great install tip video and Merry Christmas !

LH you do some of the most detailed reviews and tip videos on the subject of Security cameras. Great job!

THANK YOU!! I bought 5 cameras after watching a ton of your videos, but had no idea how to actually mount them. 😂

How does this have so few likes and views? Dude, your tips are top notch. Insanely helpful!

Good idea screwing the box to the wall, I hadn't thought of that!

Wow thanks for this very informative video and links, I just purchased my second security camera and this is going to help a great deal and will look more professional. 😎

Thanks for all your informative posts this year. Just like last year it was very helpful. Hope to see more next year... Stay save 👍

Wow! This is one of the most helpful videos I have ever seen! The camera installation looks very professional and using the weatherproof box is an outstanding idea. I have two outlets outside of my house and have been wondering how to extend power to a ptz camera while making it look professional. Would love to see any ideas you might have to get a camera closer to the street to better pick up license plates or the faces of package thieves. This was a great present to all of your fans. Thank you and again, Happy Holidays to you and yours. Paul

This is a great video. I have a Tonton ptz IP exterior camera that has the same challenges plus I have double brick for my exterior wall. I want to install on a second floor wall and might follow this process except that I will drill a hole through the box into the room to access interior power. Then I can seal with caulking and apply a cable plate to the inside wall. This way I have full access to the three cable ends for ethernet, power, and the reset button. Thanks for posting this helpful tutorial!

Another informative and creative problem solver! Thank you!

I can't imagine how much holes are on your house now with all these installs.

Thinking about a security camera installation; you did a great job here on how to do that! Confidence now. Thanks!

Great information!! Thanks for all the information you provide. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. Looking forward to more videos in the coming year.

Thank you for sharing knowledge, success always

Thanks for posting. This gives me an idea.👍

Thanks for the link to that power strip box. I ended up using a 35w 5v LED driver to power some of my Wyze V3s and despite my best efforts to keep the connections dry the GFCI has tripped a couple times due to moisture ingress. A little bigger than I need but I think it should fit under the patio door steps.

Great ideas. Thank you. 👍🏻🎄 Happy Holidays.

I've not had some good luck with plastic junction boxes especially if they are exposed to direct sunlight. The plastic tends to get brittle and the plastic tabs where you screw it into the wall will break so that it just falls off and the wires running into the wall are exposed as well as the camera just hanging on for dear life. So maybe it would be better to use a metal junction box and drill holes in it. The power strip case is pretty cool I could use that though my outdoor plugs need to be upgraded to have a door that covers it rather than just the covers that cover each outlet which only allows them to be used when the weather is good and to be covered when not in use and the weather is bad.

Very informative....Genius idea. Thank You.

Very helpful. Thank you. 👍👍👍👏👏👏💐💐💐

Wow, what an awesome professional looking install. I'm definitely following you for more tips as I start to plan out my own home surveillance system.

great video...thank you! just gave me several ideas for how to get around my issues...keep up the great work! ur awesome!

Great tips! Ill be using every one of these for my install!

Wow, great video. I learned alot of great ideas.

Very brilliant ideas! I have never thought of that

Thanks for this video! It's exactly what I was looking for

Thank You for your help with all my questions. - stands here holding all my new cameras.

Thanks for the tips bro, I opted to buy the aluminum can and cover at lowers, a little cheaper than the plastic ones, and even better, they are pre-painted white, matches my white cameras better.

Thanks for the power strip idea 👌🏿

Thanks for the great ideas.

Very helpful! Thanks.

Thanks for another great video.

Grasias maestro 😊

Great info! Thank you!

Having the power supply and power supply cable outside and within easy reach will allow a to-be-intruder easy access to disabling the security camera. I would have loved to see a video of doing the power cable wiring though the soffit.

Good stuff. I independently came up with similar solutions.

Great video, Many thanks

I'm pretty surprised Reolink left a huge hole in their camera mount. Why would they do that? It leaves the inside of the wall totally exposed to rain. I'm glad you found a solution with the rubber gasket.

this helps a lot thanks!

Great video thanks!

You’re awesome! Thank you.

Thanks for the video, it was super helpful. I do wonder how we can secure every inch of the cable(s) because it's too easy to snip snip them if someone has the intention to sabotage.

Thanks!

Great job !!! Salamat !!!

Great stuff!

Bro super stuff 👍👍

good stuff. thank you!

Thanks for the help

This is the best video I've found for mounting and dealing with the stupid 2 sockets. I am thinking about getting the Reolink E1 Outdoor, and was thinking I really don't want the dangly bits or the connections exposed. I love the junction box mount solution. How did you mount the camera mount to the box cover?

Hi LifeHackster, thank you for all of your reviews. You are very knowledgeable and I have learned so much from your videos. I plan to purchase a Ring Security and Lighting System after the new year. Can you do a full review of the Ring A19 and PAR38 light bulbs? I haven't found many reviews on them and I am really interested in seeing what they can do.

Great. Thanks!

Pretty neat bro

for people who have wifi cameras with dc power cable but limited with outdoor outlets and have to run long wires to the nearest or only outlet there is, do you have a video on what kind of extension cable or gauge is safe to run in the attic? If we want to hide wires, run the wires through the attic and down pass thru the attic to the powerstrip or outlet to plug the camera power adapter, how would we go about it? The reolink power cable and adapter that came with the camera only runs a couple of meters. If we needed to run wires approximately 100-200 ft on or around the house, how do we go about this? Do we just run cable exposed on the wall around the house? Do they even have extension cable that long? If we run it in the attic what kind is safe to use with no to minimal voltage drop?

Outstanding

Great video, but can’t you unplug the strip?

Nice very very helpful video! Thanks and I have a question- I’m trying to hid my cams in a birdhouse outside and running the cord down a pole to make it look clean without anyone knowing it’s a cam. Any suggestions? Thanks for any feedback!!

I have an outdoor cam and it has a 2 prong male end on it. I can’t tell which prong is hot and the neutral one for correct wiring of an extension cord . It is a 115 volt per. Supply

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awesome.. what sort of screws did you use this? do they hold well to bare plastic?

Nice video, thanks. You just zip screw the camera to the cover or is that a threaded connection?

So if I want to disable all the camera’s, all I have to do is unplug the power strip from the exposed and visible outlet?

Is there anyway i can get better reception on my Eufy E340? It's hard wired and my router is 20' to 30' away. Is there anything i can do? Do they have anything for that? Let me know. Thank You P.S. I love your channel. :8)

Can you please review the blue by adt cameras?

Hi LifeHackster! I live in a neighborhood that has a HOA (Home Owners Association) that does not allow exposed security camera’s (not under an eave/cover) including camera’s attached using gutter mounts (because they are exposed, aesthetics!). Is there a U-Shaped gutter mount that allows the security camera to be hidden under the gutters? Any ideas on how to hide the security camera by the rain gutters would be appreciated!

If your cameras are still under warranty, do not cut any wires, just fold it back and tape it up so it can fit in the housing

Hi. Can you do a review of the tp link tapo c310. Thanks

Do you happen to have a video of how to power my real link track mix Wi-Fi through my garage or do I just find a plug in the garage or do I have to run it into the house?

Can I install the Reolink 823A using this technique. I can't find anyone to run wires through my attic and my house

how do you make or drill those small holes in the soffit for ventilation?

Can i use U shape staplers to hold the camera lines coming down the house to the basement? I can’t access the attic i have an heavy duty stapler

Any exposed wire can easily be cut.

Any tips on keeping spiderwebs off the cameras?

Hi have you got a link for the junction box

Wish the camera companies would make hard wired kits without those huge tumor power outlet adapter's

Crazy question but I bet you have the answer: I have a bunch of 12v CCTV cameras that I want to replace with Ring cameras. The 12V is wiring perfectly done but the Rings run on 120V. How can I get the Rings to run on 12V? Otherwise I will have to use the RIng solar panel or run new 120V wiring. Ughh.

Hi, does the water sip in between the camera and the plastic junction box. I mean where they touch and do you not have to put silicone in between the two?

I would like to install a wired camera above my front door, but there is no outlet on the front of my house. There is an outlet just inside the front door. Can the wire go under the door?

So.....can the annoying ethernet part of the cable just be cut off if never going to be used? Will this affect / brake the camera in anyway.

Hi. If you have to cut 12 volt power extension cable cable to pass it thru the wall, which colors do you use to connect? there are about 8 wires. Red & blue together what other 2 colors together? thanx

So a burgler can just walk up and unplug it?

Do you know if a DC-DC Buck Converter Module 12V to 5V could be used to power a camera? I’m enclosing up my open porch and want to install my camera outside but I don’t want a usb cord through the wall. If they converter works, I’d like to tap off the 12V feed for the doorbell and have a permanent feed for the camera hidden in the soffit.

Can you review 4G / Mobile cameras that run off SIM cards instead of wifi?

@LifeHackster --- where did you buy that junction box at?

I'm looking to add a wired rotating dome camera from Swann. My DVR is 5580 8 channel. I have two channels I'm not using. Can you suggest one for me. The local stores are not knowledgeable about what could possibly work. Thank you

What bolts are you using to mount to the soffits? I have vinyl soffits that I would like to mount cameras to these are free floating soffits there is no wood behind them.

What is the padlock on the box for if thieves can directly unplug the power socket?

Friend, one question... if I connect several IP cameras via ethernet cable, will that make my internet a little slower?... I understand that Wi-Fi cameras do make the Wi-Fi internet slower, but I don't know if I should do it via ethernet also make it slower

I’m interested in installing reolink Poe cameras but I have no attic access Any tips ?

not sure I understand the need for the lock. What's the point of locking that down, when it's just plugged into the outlet right below it?

Hi Lifehackster just a quick question plz. I have a modem/router all in one for fibre cable installed which all wifi devices in my home use. I've just purchased the Reolink E1 outdoor camera. Will it be OK to run my E1 camera through this like all other wifi devices in my home do. Also do you recommend using the ethernet cable to set up my camera for setting it up then unplugging the ethernet cable when it's installed on the system it's password protected or do you recommend a different way...I'd be extremely grateful for any advice. Thank you so much my friend.👍👌💯🇬🇧

Bro, no just no. Short answer the plastic cover is not made for mounting cameras. eventually it will fail, get the Reolink junction boxes or screw the cameras into wood or metal supports. The Reolink junction boxes are worth the money and they are made for mounting cameras and terminating the Ethernet cable. BTW, I purchased the same PVC junction boxes and was going to do what you suggest here, then changed my mind. But a person can mount their camera like they want. I can show you pictures of my install just so that you know I'm not some internet know it all. BTW, thanks for all your info. I set the Reolink doorbell status night light to off. It attracts less attention that way.

I have the Reolink dual 4k wifi. I can't seem to fit the RJ45 jack into the hole on the manufacture bracket. What magic did you use to fit yours in or did you just cut your off? I notice that the RJ45 is needed when setting up the camera the first time.

The box needs to cover the outlet to prevent someone from unplugging your power strip!