The final step is to actually install the floodlight camera.
Ring floodlight cam under eave mount.
The atached picture is the way i currently have the sensor pointed.
With floodlight cam you can see and hear any activity and speak with anyone in range of your floodlight cam.
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.
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.
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.
Ring floodlight cam contains both advanced passive infrared pir sensors that control the light and motion sensors in the camera.
Ring has some very helpful installation videos that do a much better job of explaining how to mount this thing than i ever could.
Mounting wired floodlight on soffit when mounting under an eave should the sensor be in front of the floodlights or behind.
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.
Here are a few observations and tips from my experience from mounting the ring floodlight camera under an eave.
I don t see a way to ceiling eave mount it and adjust the camera motion angle properly.
Step 4 mount the ring floodlight cam.
I just received a floodlight cam today.
Includes one secure mount.
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.
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.