Task: install basement/back door WiFi security camera 📷

[nelsonic]

In light of #357 I’m prioritising installing security cameras at all exterior doors. 🚪 📷

Todo

• Prepare cables and junction box for powering G3 instant (WiFi) camera

[nelsonic]

Yesterday I invested the time to get this working:

This Screenshot is taken using the Unifi Protect App at 05:36 am and shows how good the night vision is in the dark.
The G3 Instant security camera is either "really expensive" or excellent value-for-money depending on your perspective ... I belong firmly to the latter camp; especially since I bought this camera last Black Friday for €40! The night vision in HD is superb. Any less quality is a waste of time in a security camera.

Note: yes the back entrance is full of things as we are using it as a "staging area" for building.
In the future, this will all be tidy and there will be an outdoor games table here.

There were many steps to mounting this camera:

1. extend the power from the exterior light ⚡
2. prepare a weather-proof junction box with a socket 🔌
3. drill holes in junction box to pass the 2 cables through; power and USB-C. 2️⃣
4. create a mounting + angling plate out of wood to mount the camera and angle it perfectly 🪚
5. drill holes in the wall for mounting both the junction box and camera mount
6. mount everything carefully
7. angle the camera
8. turn the power back on at the consumer unit
9. adopt the camera in Unifi Protect
10. configure the camera to only record events (not continuous which wastes disk space)

All in this took me more than an hour. ⏳
But since I have 5 more to do at various points around the house/garden,
I figured it was a worthwhile time investment and subsequent units will be much faster. (depending on location) ...

Will take and upload more photos of the actual installation once there is daylight. ⏳