Relocating security camera help please.

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#319549 6-May-2025 11:00

Hi, once upon a quite a while ago, a Eufy security camera was installed at my mother's house by a man with a big ladder. No, thats not a euphemism.

That man, and his ladder, is no longer available.

I cannot get up to that camera to recharge the battery but the location is pretty good for monitoring the driveway area out the front of the garage where 99% of vehicles pull up to the house.

As I cant reach that camera, I'm considering getting another one and placing it just below the 4 upstairs windows, where i can easily get to it.

Mum reckons that cream coloured cladding is called Masada. It sort of feels like a plastic, doesnt sound like a metal if I tap it.

I would like recommendations please on the least destructive ways to install a camera there.

Thanks.

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#3370890 6-May-2025 11:48

IMNAB and know nothing about said cladding, but I've always been wary of putting my own cameras into\onto side of the house - IMO they will pick up more weather, so probably the camera itself will age faster, and you'd need to be very careful sealing up around where you install it. I always try to get them under eaves or some sort of shelter.

Is roof cavity open? Any chance of getting power to a powered camera to replace that one which is already in good location? Or adding a solar panel to it? You can hire said big long ladders from various places (just be super careful - a fall onto driveway from that height is ACC nightmare...)

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#3370902 6-May-2025 12:15

If you want to attach there, I'd clean the area very thoroughly then glue a small piece of marine plywood on the right spot using something like no more nails. Then you can attach the camera to the wooden baseplate using screws or whatever is required.

I've used this method a few times on my house to avoid making any holes in the cladding

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#3370911 6-May-2025 12:48

surely it doesn't have to be the same man with the big ladder, or big man with a ladder? and that there are other big men who would do that?

maybe consider hiring a lift to get you access? would this not be simpler than possibly having to deal with weathertightness issues?

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#3370913 6-May-2025 12:57

That is indeed a very inaccessible location.

Due to my irrational but paralyzing fear of falling I get my wife to go up tall ladders for such tasks and relegate myself to steadying the ladder. I recommend this approach. You just need a big ladder and everybody ought to have one of those. Especially the folding and extending type that can split into two, adjust to levels etc.

Alternatively get a sparky in to get up there and install a cable so you can run the camera without the battery issue.

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#3370924 6-May-2025 14:53

That satellite dish is up there.

is there a sky connection?

if not, is there free installation? That dish looks poked…

whilst man with ladder is there…get them to unscrew and seal the holes…or just leave it there and get a new one.

Mount on the soffits and use mount which allows that.

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#3370931 6-May-2025 15:20

I would suggest those windows could be opened and then a hot glue gun could be used to attach something like this to the white cladding above the window and that's going to be pretty close to where the current one is. Solar charging solves having to reach it for several years.

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CCTALO4060/Arlo-Pro-5-2k-Outdoor-Wire-Free-Camera-with-Spotli

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CCTALO5912/Arlo-Solar-Panel-Charger-V2-VMA5600-20000S-Ultra-2

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#3370934 6-May-2025 15:34

If you can get a man with the big ladder, or big man with a ladder (😊) then using the same camera attach one of these; eufy Security Smart Solar Panel. Mount it around, on the left, to the wooden side flashing. Then you will never need a man with the big ladder, or big man with a ladder again (😊)

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3370943 6-May-2025 16:18

Yeah I think it's become clear that kiwifidget just wants an excuse to get a man in with a big ladder.

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#3370945 6-May-2025 16:21

That wee dish on the top is for internet. It's been there quite a long time now. Not much wrong with the internet. Scoring about 93 on Orb.

I have given a solar panel some thought already and I've decided against it for now.

I like the idea of gluing a bit of wood on below the windows.

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#3370946 6-May-2025 16:22

johno1234:

Yeah I think it's become clear that kiwifidget just wants an excuse to get a man in with a big ladder.

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Strangley enough, i have one of those, just cant get the ladder to this location.

Its one piece, doesnt fold or anything so you need a semi-truck or something to get it from one place to another.

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#3370955 6-May-2025 17:28

noroad:

I would suggest those windows could be opened and then a hot glue gun could be used to attach something like this to the white cladding above the window and that's going to be pretty close to where the current one is. Solar charging solves having to reach it for several years.

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CCTALO4060/Arlo-Pro-5-2k-Outdoor-Wire-Free-Camera-with-Spotli

https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/CCTALO5912/Arlo-Solar-Panel-Charger-V2-VMA5600-20000S-Ultra-2

Those windows are hinged at the top. More inconvenience.

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#3370969 6-May-2025 20:57

I am a man, and I have a big ladder :)

Happy to take a look when next in the area.

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#3370971 6-May-2025 21:05

kiwifidget:

Those windows are hinged at the top. More inconvenience.

you can take those completely off, reasonably easily. i also wouldn't trust glue in Wellington, but you may be elsewhere.

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#3370976 6-May-2025 22:15

Depending on exactly what you are trying to record, and what detail, the original camera is really not in a good place. Being up that high means that you lose the ability to see faces clearly, as even a hoodie up will obscure it, and a baseball cap absolutely will.

I would recommend down under the ground floor eve, almost directly below where the current one is located. You will still be able to monitor the drive, but have a much better chance of recording something useful as opposed to a "birds eye view" of the drive. Plus, then you have much easier access to the camera.

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#3370983 7-May-2025 07:36

kiwifidget:

That wee dish on the top is for internet. It's been there quite a long time now. Not much wrong with the internet. Scoring about 93 on Orb.

I have given a solar panel some thought already and I've decided against it for now.

I like the idea of gluing a bit of wood on below the windows.

Even with a big ladder that's not an easy spot to get to. The camera looks to be as far left as you could reach with the ladder squarely against the gutter/fascia. That's usually recipe for a fall. If price is the reason you decided against adding a solar charger retail is almost $40 lower than the Eufy link. Other compatible solar chargers much cheaper again.

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