This is the Ring product I installed in this video. amzn.to/3msFOLw Not a paid promotion I bought this with my own money. For entertainment purposes only.
I found this video a couple of days ago. I followed his instructions and found them very easy to follow. The Ring flood light provides very little direction in the instructions. I’ve never done any sort of electrical work before and quickly became overwhelmed.. found this video and finished in about 20 minutes.
Always put your ground on first when installing. 1. Ground 2. Neutral 3. Hot When uninstall do it in reverse 1. Hot 2. Neutral 3. Ground ALWAYS TURN THE BREAKER OFF THAT CONTROLS THAT CIRCUIT!
The slate is called a window splice. Basically you could just connect the other wire in that little slit cut, that makes more sense if you’re trying to run the shielding of a wire to the ground, which doesn’t make sense in this case.
Installed it myself without any issues. The wifi signal is great even ruclips.net/user/postUgkxE_D_sddGAdiVUKp7PkkmyxO7bRtgqmk5 when the router is located far away. I really enjoy the night vision feature that allows me to see clearly any activity near our house (mostly cars and wild animals). The motion detection is helpful to me as well to monitor what happens on our front.
Twist those wires with a set of linesman’s homie before you throw the nuts on em. NEVER trust the wire nuts to keep your wires connected by themselves💯
Excellent video! Can i install that camera where the old bell box alarm is at the front of the house? Can I use the wires from that bell box? It's a wired alarm that i don't use and it will changed to a wireless alarm. Thank you
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
Never let a ground wire touch a hot wire. I would recommend an electrician, which I am not. I just make videos of myself installing stuff for entertainment purposes only :)
How to did you convert it to a continuous light? Did you just combine the hot and neutral wire from the switch? What exactly did you do at that point? It wasnt covered as well and cant seem to find a solid vid on this
Hey, the switch just used the hot wire, and breaks the connection when switched off. I just bypassed the switch. Neutral wire doesn’t run through the switch 👍 I would read up on 120v circuits before messing around though
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
Hello! Thank you for your video. I have two switches in the house that control the outside light (OL) - and they are on two different floors. In other words, one can turn on the OL from the first and second floor. If I remove the toggle switch on the same floor as the OL as you did in the video, would the other switch (on the 2nd floor) still be able to control the OL?🤔 I want the OL to continuously have power and not mistakenly be turned off by someone on another floor.
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Thanks for the response. I do not currently have an understanding of this, but I found a video that will help: ruclips.net/video/_BMbFB2fvQ8/видео.html
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro An even easier option is to buy a $1.00 clear or white switch cover (they make them for rocker or toggle switches) that prevents anyone from turning the wall switch off (or on). They either screw right into the existing screw holes or attach to the screws with magnets. No need to rewire or buy a dummy plate.
@@Raysmaintenance I got 2 i like them so far but there's this stray cat that keeps setting off the alarms at night lol but damn its a black cat catching the motion at night with no lights so I am impressed with these spotlights so far
he problem is the doorbell ring is wired🔔I have electrical power. I see you connected the app using wifi. I have to be changing my wifi address too often. I want to set up my app to connect through wired, I have several (9)ring flood lights. I'm tired of climbing up the ladder 🪜every time I think I need to change my wifi address💻 Or I have to pay $150. I want to be able to view pictures and outside through my 📴phone app.📲 I do have a TV that is used for just monitoring the cameras.🔕 Maybe someone can help me.
Why not just spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
I’ve had zero Ryobi tools break on me in my career. I’ve had zero Ryobi tools stolen from me in my career. I’ve had several Milwaukee and Dewalt tools stolen from me in my career. It’s a math thing to me 👍
4? Im assuming white, black, green/bare copper and red? If so the red SHOULD be a traveler wire or extra but very hard to tell without being there. I would call an electrician for safety purposes. The motion detection is controlled in the APP to turn on/off
@Apartment Maintenance Pro four wires include white, black, bare copper, and red. These wires are there for a ceilling fan, but I want to use them for a floodlight that has three wires white, black, and green. I connected the bare copper to a green and capped off the red. Hope I did right
@@ApartmentMaintenance Ya I hate driving and it's what drove me to get back into the apt industry 10 years ago after doing AC service for a contractor driving all day. Waking up and walking out the door is nice for only so long, there's always those 'are you home?' calls from the office and emergency techs you have to deal with, which isn't extremely bad but that shit gets old and glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
@@qtprot I have a pretty good gig. My hours are very consistent and I get to travel to different properties / sites. I worked at the same site for 9 years straight and by the end it drove me insane.
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Having read these comments I recommend the following.
Step one: buy device
Step two: call an electrician
For a job like this? No way. This is easy.
eelctrician aint coming for a job like this, plz, bro coming for $1000 install.
Fuck the guys in the comments bro they all just think they know what their doing
I found this video a couple of days ago. I followed his instructions and found them very easy to follow.
The Ring flood light provides very little direction in the instructions. I’ve never done any sort of electrical work before and quickly became overwhelmed.. found this video and finished in about 20 minutes.
Always put your ground on first when installing. 1. Ground 2. Neutral 3. Hot
When uninstall do it in reverse 1. Hot 2. Neutral 3. Ground
ALWAYS TURN THE BREAKER OFF THAT CONTROLS THAT CIRCUIT!
new handy man here, thankx man, appreaite it, installing one tomorrow.
Ground (Green wire),Neutral(White wire), Hot(Black wire)
@@4youreyes Thank you for adding that, certainly good information to know! HOT WILL BE ANY COLOR OTHER THAN GREEN OR WHITE!
Thank you for posting video. It helped while I installed mine.
Good Show !! Clear and to the point. Thanks
Thanks for the video. This is on sale at Home Depot for $120 at the moment.
The slate is called a window splice. Basically you could just connect the other wire in that little slit cut, that makes more sense if you’re trying to run the shielding of a wire to the ground, which doesn’t make sense in this case.
Great Vid thank you, quick question? With the continuous circuit can I just leave the ground wire there in the box pushed to the back?? Thank you
Thank you for the video, btw does the base shake a little bit? Couse my is shaking
Straight to the point, thanks
Great straight to point
Hi thanks wich wires did you put together with a wire nut so you have continued power thanks
Very informative thanks
Really damn good video, well done.
Installed it myself without any issues. The wifi signal is great even ruclips.net/user/postUgkxE_D_sddGAdiVUKp7PkkmyxO7bRtgqmk5 when the router is located far away. I really enjoy the night vision feature that allows me to see clearly any activity near our house (mostly cars and wild animals). The motion detection is helpful to me as well to monitor what happens on our front.
Sure truly enjoy ur videos
Hey thank you Dave!
Twist those wires with a set of linesman’s homie before you throw the nuts on em. NEVER trust the wire nuts to keep your wires connected by themselves💯
Your right 👍
I did it, thank you!
What if you don't have a ground wire? When I got mine off the ground wire was just wrapped around the metal bracket.
How do you power it if it's being installed on a new area? And not an existing light fixtures source?
The small cuts in the wire ends are precuts so all you have to do are pull them off and wire ends are ready to connect
Can you use the Wi-Fi on your smartphone only or do you get to have your house hooked up to Wi-Fi
Great video, not loaded with useless gibber jabber just straight forward, prescriptive process. 5 stars!
Thank you.
Hi, where did you get the extension cord? Thank you
Excellent video! Can i install that camera where the old bell box alarm is at the front of the house? Can I use the wires from that bell box? It's a wired alarm that i don't use and it will changed to a wireless alarm. Thank you
You need to have a a hot 120v line and a neutral line I don’t know what your old bell box/ alarm was
Thank you
How do you make it a continuous circuit? Did you wire nut the ground in there also?
He wirenutted the hot with the neutral
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
Great video !!!!!😊😇
Thank you Michael!
I purchased a Ring Cam Floodlight wired Plus. Can I connect it to the porch light connection
Yes that is what I did. I also got a dusk/dawn light for the porch so it come on automatically.
Do I need keep the ground wire separate or twist three of them together after removing the switch
Never let a ground wire touch a hot wire. I would recommend an electrician, which I am not. I just make videos of myself installing stuff for entertainment purposes only :)
How to did you convert it to a continuous light? Did you just combine the hot and neutral wire from the switch? What exactly did you do at that point? It wasnt covered as well and cant seem to find a solid vid on this
Hey, the switch just used the hot wire, and breaks the connection when switched off. I just bypassed the switch. Neutral wire doesn’t run through the switch 👍 I would read up on 120v circuits before messing around though
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
I purchase mine,but there was only 2 cor from the outlet
Black and green ,
what if it is a new installation , and not an replacement installation. An area taht doesn't already have a preset mounting bracket?
You have to run wire and make an opening and install a bracket.
So, do you need Alexa to monitor this? Or is there just a Ring app I would need on my phone? Is this better or worse than Blink or the others and why?
No, you don't need Alexa. You can use the RING app.
on the indoor switch, do you tie the hot and neutral together and tie the ground to the metal plate or ?
I would call an electrician, as you need some electrical experience to wire these.
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
Hello! Thank you for your video.
I have two switches in the house that control the outside light (OL) - and they are on two different floors. In other words, one can turn on the OL from the first and second floor.
If I remove the toggle switch on the same floor as the OL as you did in the video, would the other switch (on the 2nd floor) still be able to control the OL?🤔
I want the OL to continuously have power and not mistakenly be turned off by someone on another floor.
I don't know. You do have (2) 3 way switches. You will need to have a good understanding on how these work to rewire them (or bypass).
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Thanks for the response.
I do not currently have an understanding of this, but I found a video that will help:
ruclips.net/video/_BMbFB2fvQ8/видео.html
Or, do you have your own that I use?
....or spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
I need this on the side of my home but I'm afraid the neighbors movements will activate it. How accurate if any are the adjustments to prevent this?
You can set certain distances in the app. So far, it's worked ok for me.
What was the 2 wires you connected them were the switch was?
120v wire. I didn’t want the switch to be turned off by accident and I always want power going to the ring
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro An even easier option is to buy a $1.00 clear or white switch cover (they make them for rocker or toggle switches) that prevents anyone from turning the wall switch off (or on). They either screw right into the existing screw holes or attach to the screws with magnets. No need to rewire or buy a dummy plate.
Great video!
Thanks for the visit Junior always appreciate the support :)
😂😂😂😂😂 i just put 2 at my shop small world---- crazy people at work
Hell ya good sale going on with them right now too 💰
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro i have 5 lol
@@Raysmaintenance I got 2 i like them so far but there's this stray cat that keeps setting off the alarms at night lol but damn its a black cat catching the motion at night with no lights so I am impressed with these spotlights so far
Can you share your thoughts on making a continuous circuit?
Lol
Helo sir which colour is phase and which colour is neutral
In black and white wires
Also, you might want to label the circuit breaker as "ring camera".
thank you, Sir.
Correct replacing NOT installing, easy peasy.
How many times did he say “Grab those 🥜” 😩🤣🤣
I thought electrician supposed to wear rubber gloves to protect from voltage and electric shock.
I have the same one but my video is blurry like 480 and not 1080. Anybody have same issue.
he problem is the doorbell ring is wired🔔I have electrical power. I see you connected the app using wifi. I have to be changing my wifi address too often. I want to set up my app to connect through wired, I have several (9)ring flood lights. I'm tired of climbing up the ladder 🪜every time I think I need to change my wifi address💻 Or I have to pay $150. I want to be able to view pictures and outside through my 📴phone app.📲 I do have a TV that is used for just monitoring the cameras.🔕 Maybe someone can help me.
@3:54
Why not just spend a couple bucks only and get the rocker or toggle switch covers that make sure the light switch stays on (or off) with no one tampering with it.
That Fit Deez Nuts🥲
Kept having to rewind
I’m confused, you seem to know what you are doing and yet your using Ryobi? Not sure I can trust this.
I’ve had zero Ryobi tools break on me in my career. I’ve had zero Ryobi tools stolen from me in my career. I’ve had several Milwaukee and Dewalt tools stolen from me in my career. It’s a math thing to me 👍
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro I was just messing with ya. that is the best explanation I’ve ever heard for having ryobi though. Appreciate the video
lol I’m a professional contractor and I have dewalt hilt I Milwaukee and a S load of Ryobi they are great tools
Don't follow his instructions. He's never shown double checking the electric wires to make sure there's no power.
He did at 1:16
@@GonzalezEzekiel i said Double checking.
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Or just be a man...? Wire nut hot until you're ready and there ya go.
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I have 2 questions. I see 4 wires, what do I do with red wire? I just capped off. But my lights don't turn on in motion detection. Any advice?
4? Im assuming white, black, green/bare copper and red? If so the red SHOULD be a traveler wire or extra but very hard to tell without being there. I would call an electrician for safety purposes. The motion detection is controlled in the APP to turn on/off
@Apartment Maintenance Pro four wires include white, black, bare copper, and red. These wires are there for a ceilling fan, but I want to use them for a floodlight that has three wires white, black, and green. I connected the bare copper to a green and capped off the red. Hope I did right
How far is your drive to work now that you don't live on site anymore?
I’m a multi site floater the closest property is 20 minutes the one I been working at recently is about 45 minutes one way
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro Not bad. Anything under an hour is ideal. Wouldn't want to drive over an hour unless the pay was insane.
@@ApartmentMaintenance Ya I hate driving and it's what drove me to get back into the apt industry 10 years ago after doing AC service for a contractor driving all day. Waking up and walking out the door is nice for only so long, there's always those 'are you home?' calls from the office and emergency techs you have to deal with, which isn't extremely bad but that shit gets old and glad I don't have to deal with that anymore.
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro How come you don't do industrial? Always knowing your hours and being at the same site is unbeatable for me
@@qtprot I have a pretty good gig. My hours are very consistent and I get to travel to different properties / sites. I worked at the same site for 9 years straight and by the end it drove me insane.