Ring Floodlight Cam Under Eave Mount

Bg199 quick video on how to do a simple hack using a dremel tool to allow your ring floodlight cam to mount horizontal underneath an overhang eave soffit.

Ring floodlight cam under eave mount.

Mounting wired floodlight on soffit when mounting under an eave should the sensor be in front of the floodlights or behind. Ring has some very helpful installation videos that do a much better job of explaining how to mount this thing than i ever could. Adjusts viewing angle by 90 paintable to match your home. The final step is to actually install the floodlight camera.

I just received a floodlight cam today. The only problem is that the ring floodlight camera is designed to be wall mounted about 8 high and ring specifically says it can t be mounted under an eave. Here are a few observations and tips from my experience from mounting the ring floodlight camera under an eave. In talking with carla at ring despite the usual cut paste responses and despite my showing her that the website states it can be ceiling mounted she continued to state it was meant to be wall mounted.

In order to pick up all the motion you want to capture it helps to understand a bit about how floodlight cam s sensors work and how to position your floodlight cam for maximum effectiveness. As it turns out you can mount a ring floodlight cam under an eave but the camera part doesn t have quite enough play in the provided ball joint. Use the ceiling mount to install your spotlight cam wired on any ceiling eave or overhang so you can improve your motion detection and get the perfect viewing angle for your home security. Ring floodlight cam is a motion activated hd security camera that includes two floodlights remote activated alarm and two way audio with noise cancellation.

The lights and camera lens on floodlight cam are fully adjustable so you can mount the device at an angle or under an overhang and manually adjust the lights and camera to find your ideal setting. Ring floodlight cam contains both advanced passive infrared pir sensors that control the light and motion sensors in the camera. The atached picture is the way i currently have the sensor pointed. Step 4 mount the ring floodlight cam.