hello guys life haer here quick video
today and I’ll show you how to install
your yui flat dead cam e340 without a
junction box I’ve been receiving a lot
of comments and emails asking me where
they can get the plug-in kit for the UI
floodlight cam 340 which I reviewed a
few months back and I will link it down
below if you haven’t seen it yet I
mentioned in that video that one cool
thing about this floodlight camera is
that you can install this without
needing a junction box which most if not
all flatlight cameras in the market
today require you to do so now ring made
a plug-in Mount accessory for their
floodlight camps and I also made a video
on this a while back and I also link it
down below if you’re interested but this
Mount will only fit ring floodlight
cameras now if you have any other brand
of floodlight camps I made another video
on how to make a DIY plug-in setup for
any floodlight cameras that need a
junction box and I will also link it
down below for the yui flood de cam e340
this flood de cam is designed to be
installed in a junction box but also can
be screwed in directly to a wall or
ceiling and you just need a plug-in
wiring there’s no special Mount or kit
to buy and I’m not sure why yui hasn’t
released the plugin cable accessory yet
anyways for those that wants to plug
this flood light cam in and doesn’t want
to wait for yui to release their cable
I’ll show you what to get and what to do
first go to your local Big Box hardware
store Home Depot Low’s or even Walmart
and get yourself an outdoor extension
cord 16 gauge and also links some from
Amazon down below but while you’re there
get some screw in cable clips which are
the ones used for RG6 cabling so you
will mostly find these in the AV or the
audio visual aisle of the store screw in
the mounting plate of the Yu flood de
Cam e340 and there are multiple holes
that you can use four screws should be
good get your outdoor extension cable
and depending on the length you need cut
the outlet part of the cord expose the
wires which there should be three of
them black white and green green and
strip the wires on the U mounting plate
remove the rubber plug on the bottom and
you can feed in the cable through and
push it on the cable holder piece to
keep it in place as to the floodlight
cam on the back bottom part you have to
snip off the little tab with pliers to
have clearance for the power cable hang
the flood light using the S hook and
wire in the cable to the flood light the
wires will be the same colors screwing
the green or ground wire to the green
wire black or hot wire to the black wire
wire and white to white place the
connector block to its slot and push in
the cable to its holder to keep
everything in place and will be hard to
pull out then put in the flood light to
the Mount and push down to keep it in
place then screw in the flood light to
the Mount to secure it for wire
management use the screw and cable clips
to route and secure the power cord up to
the outlet that you’re going to plug it
in our outdoor Outlets have these
weatherproof covers which are also
lockable so if you’re worried about
somebody unplugging the flood light then
you can use a lock to secure it and
prevent it from being unplugged the best
installation for these flightlight
cameras though is still the junction box
install Clean looking and no wi showing
but this is the second best thing
anyways that’s it for this video thanks
for watching
today i’ll show you a diy plug-in mount
for your floodlight cameras hello guys
lifehackster here today will be a quick
video making a diy plug-in mount for
your floodlight cameras so if you have
the y-scan floodlight ut’s floodlight
cams nest cam floodlight or any other
floodlight cameras that needs a junction
box to be installed this is for you so
keep on watching
i excluded ring floodlight cams because
they do have their own plug-in mount
which i did check and reviewed a few
weeks ago and if you haven’t seen it yet
i will link it down below i think all
wi-fi security camera companies have now
added a floodlight cam model or an
add-on accessory to their cameras ring
is the first one who innovated this
concept four and a half years ago when
they added a camera to a floodlight it
took a while for other companies to
follow suit but now in the last few
months weiss and nest joined in with
their add-on floodlight accessory for
their cameras one thing about floodlight
cams though is that it needs a junction
box to install so it needs either to
replace an existing flood light or a
light fixture in your home this is the
most ideal setup because it is a way
cleaner look and the camera just
integrates seamlessly with the light but
how about people that doesn’t have a
junction box or no wiring to the area
they want to put the floodlight cams
well when i checked out ring’s plug-in
mount a lot of you have asked if it can
be used for other brand of floodlights
unfortunately no because ring uses a
different type of mounting and any
flooded camps that use a central screw
to attach the flood lights will not work
well today i’ll show you how to make a
diy plug-in mount for your floodlight
cameras and i actually have been doing
this all long because this is how i do
my setup to review floodlight cameras in
my backyard and i’ll just share this
with you guys also big disclaimer here
i’m not an electrician and this method
might be frowned upon by licensed
electricians and city codes so just do
your due diligence what you will need
are several items an outdoor rated
extension cord a plastic round junction
box coax cable clips and a zip tie all
of these you can easily find in your
local big box hardware store but they’re
also available at amazon and will link
some of them down below when you open up
the plastic junction box you will have
these threaded covers which you need to
screw into the holes
get your extension cord and make sure it
is for outdoor use and light duty rating
should be fine with a wire cutter cut
the cable to your desired length we will
need to drill a hole in one of the
covers as close to the diameter of the
cable clean it out and fit the cable
through the hole the tighter the fit the
better for weather sealing you can then
strip the wires a couple of inches
should work now to prevent the cable
from being pulled out you can wrap a zip
tie around the cable and around 4-6
inches from the end tighten it and cut
the extra length of the zip tie and you
can see that it will prevent the cable
from being pulled out
strip the individual wires and time to
install this setup outside screw in the
round box in a wall or ceiling and you
will need two screws now you’ll be able
to install any floodlight cameras that
you like in this case we will install
the weiss yscan floodlight screw in the
ground wire to the metal bracket and
screw in the metal bracket to the
junction box now for the wi-scan flood
light because its base is a bit bigger
than a rom box and its weather gasket is
not able to sit flush in the box then
you will need this round gasket which i
will also link below and just place this
on the back of the floodlight and this
will provide the weather sealing hang
the floodlight with the s hook and
connect the wires white to white black
to black screw in the central screw and
just make sure that the gasket is well
seated on the junction box and now your
wi-scan flood light is installed
time for cable management and what i use
and recommend are the coax cable clips
to secure the extension cord i like them
because they are screwed in and not
hammered in route the cord and secure
with the clips up to the nearest power
outlet and you can just plug in your
floodlight camera a tip here on the
power outlet is that if you’re concerned
about somebody unplugging the camera you
can add this lockable outlet cover which
i have this one for a while now and
you’ll be able to lock it using a
padlock and now it’ll be harder to
unplug your camera i will also link this
lockable cover in the description down
below with this diy mount you now have
the flexibility in where you can mount
your flat light cameras as long as you
have a power outlet nearby
if you find this video helpful give it a
thumbs up and subscribe if you haven’t
done it yet any questions comment down
below thanks for watching and see you in
the next one
