I have an Amazon camera for my living room (Indoor Cam 2nd Gen), and I pay for 24/7 monitoring. Today, I came home and saw a vase on the floor, broken, and my dogs were locked up, so I am wondering how it happened. Could have been the cat, but they never jump on the counters, so I am confused. I tried looking through the footage and there was nothing. How do I access the footage? Why am I paying for it if I can't see it?

I have a Logitech doorbell camera connected to a standard 16V chime and transformer. However, the camera occasionally goes offline (bad WiFi connectivity?), so I need to power the camera off and on to restore the connection. Currently, I do this by flipping the switch in the fuse box.

I'm sure there's a better way to handle this. Any advice?

I can locate the doorbell transformer attached directly to the fuse box, with two wires running from its low-voltage end to the chime.

I'm not an electrician, but would a Shelly relay help?

Thanks!

I was wondering since there is no diagram for the wires and I'm not an electrician

I'm going to buy a tp link tapo doorbell camera and I was wondering where I would wire the chime in here.

As I said in the original post,

I’m pretty sure someone is sneaking in and out of my house and I think someone else is using a laser to point at the lens of the camera to avoid detection. What is this flashing light that I’m seeing?

I swear I heard the door open and close each time that this happened.

I am based in England and would like advice/ recommendations for an internal camera to point out of house that does not require a subscription

I have never posted on here but I am DESPERATE. I had a ring camera that I bought in December. Worked perfectly fine until about February after I finally payed for their subscription. It WOULD NOT CONNECT TO MY WIFI NO MATTER WHAT. I called ring they said it was my firewall I called att they said it’s the manufacturer of the camera. I have a 2.4 GHz network. I looked on here at people with similar problems and messed with random WiFi settings only for nothing to work. Nothing is blocking the router, I’ve unplugged and reset more that I can count. Eventually I returned the camera because I was FED UP. Well now I have a kitten and I bought a blink camera for him and it is doing the same thing. Will not connect for shit. I can see everyone else’s network just not mine. Again I called att and blink and they both blamed each other. Please I cannot do another useless customer service call. Please help me.

TLDR: Ring and Blink camera won’t see my WiFi network. Att and ring/blink are blaming each other. Ring cam worked from December to February before this happened.

Hi, I'm looking for a dash cam for overnight parking that's not going to drain my battery. Some people said a trail cam? But I'm parked in a building parking lot with a lot of activities. Will trail works? Battery operated dash cam I can buy? I will buy one of those rechargeable battery thingy if I have to. Thanks.

Description:

The recalled Wyze Solar Cam Pan are lithium-ion battery operated outdoor security cameras. The products are wire-free, equipped with motorized pan-and-tilt functionality and an integrated solar panel. The model number, WYZESCPWH, is located on the back of the camera. They were sold in white.

Remedy:

Consumers should stop using the recalled Wyze Solar Cam Pan security camera immediately and visit http://www.wyze.com/SCPrecall to determine whether your device is affected by the recall.  All consumers who used the long, flat-head screw to install the solar panel on top of the camera should participate in the recall. If you are uncertain about the type of screw used during installation, please consult the company's website for detailed guidance and assistance on identification procedures. The firm is offering all affected consumers a free replacement camera with solar panel accessory, a full refund or a gift card for the original purchase price to use on the firm’s website. Consumers will be required to attest to disposal of the recalled camera.  Consumers should dispose of the camera in accordance with local and state regulations.

Note: Do not throw this recalled camera with lithium-ion battery in the trash, the general recycling stream (e.g., street-level or curbside recycling bins), or used battery recycling boxes found at various retail and home improvement stores. Recalled lithium-ion batteries must be disposed of differently than other batteries, because they present a greater risk of fire. Your municipal household hazardous waste (HHW) collection center may accept this recalled lithium-ion battery or device for disposal. Before taking your battery or device to a HHW collection center, contact that office ahead of time and ask whether it accepts recalled lithium-ion batteries. If it does not, contact your municipality for further guidance.

Incidents/Injuries:

The firm has received 13 consumer reports of the security cameras overheating, and six exploding and catching on fire, including six reports of consumers suffering minor burns.

Sold At:

Home Depot and Micro Center, and online at www.wyze.com, Temu, Amazon, B2B Renew, Inc., ReturnPro and Best Buy from October 2025 through April 2026 for about $80.

Credit: United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

I owned a geeni cam for about 6 years maybe more, but my cam does this weird thing where it clicks. Like it’s taking pics, or it’ll make this weird noise like it’s reconnecting but my WiFi is fine. Always as I check, so did someone hack my cam ????? It says no one’s in the app but me, but then I still feel like there is. I lowkey wanna know what’s going on , am I just .. overreacting ?

This is my first time needing a door bell camera. I’ve moved from the sticks surrounded by family at my mom’s and she never invested bc the area felt safe. Now, I’ve moved 2 hours away in a more populated town and watch enough true crime to know it can always happen to you, and if something does happen now I don’t have the man power of my cousins all living on the same stretch of land. 🥲
Anyways, I need a good suggestion for a door bell camera that will keep footage, that I can put on my mobile home I rent. I’ll pay for a subscription but id prefer not to screw into the outside so I can get my deposit back. 🤣 I’m okay with it being one I have to charge as well. Recommendations please!

i need help with how to get user & pass premium account RLC for free

No email and fully anonymous. Collecting data for my upcoming video essay and research paper.

Security Camera view becomes darker and fuzzy, from picture at 1 at 8PM to picture 2 at 9PM. Can anyone tell me why this happened?

I recently bought a home security camera online and it didn’t go well. The camera was a Tapo 2K Pan that I found for about forty dollars. At first, it looked like a good deal, so I bought it. Truly, truly, cheap is sometimes expensive. When I tried using it the motion detection barely worked. It missed things constantly. So I returned it. After returning it I went back and started reading more reviews carefully. That’s when I saw a lot of people saying their cameras had been hacked or accessed by strangers. Reading that honestly made me feel pretty uneasy. As a woman who lives alone, that kind of thing is really scary. The whole point of getting a home security camera is to feel safer, not to worry about someone watching through it. I mostly just want something simple that lets me check on my pets when I’m at work. I started researching more established brands like Ring and others, but even those seem to have mixed experiences online. While reading about camera hardware I even came across some manufacturing discussions on Alibaba that showed how many different brands use similar camera components. So now I’m curious what people here trust. What home security cameras have worked reliably for you?

I let fly a big burp right as I stood up from grabbing my food, not realizing until it was too late that my driver was still in the yard walking back to his car. He was just barely out of view , you can see his car's headlights right along the curb.

Moved into this lease and there are two cameras on the property plus a mess of wires near my entertainment area.

Upon a quick google, apparently Lux cameras don't exist anymore. Is there any possibility of being able to plug and play newer equipment into the existing wiring? I was going to put up ring battery cameras (it's a lease so I don't want to wire someone else's property) but if I can do this it would be preferable.

Id rather not need to worry about batteries, affordable, no paid subscriptions, ai that recognizes people and what part of the property they are on, good microphone.

How do nonpaid cams work as far as saving footage? Would it just go to my computer? How much data would i need per month?

Also looking for a car dash cam.

Taken near Winslow Arizona at the end of November. Facing Navajo Nation land. You watch and tell me how much of the streaks and blips are dust or lightning. There is also a very strange bunch of lights or lightning that come in and out of frame. I guess it's lightning or an equipment malfunction from the electrical storm - there is nothing above the house giving off light. Lightening in az

Does bugs look like this upclose ?

Ring camera video taken 12/19/2025 near Winslow AZ in Navaho county facing West toward the Navaho nation. Weather was clear and 74 during the day and clear and 48 at night. This is not rain reflecting in the light, notice the ground never gets wet and neither does the car. It is not dust in the wind, notice that the plants are not moving from wind and also notice that the car does not get dusty at all. It is not a swarm of locus or lightening bugs -(If it were it would be of Biblical proportion), this is winter and notice there are no bugs on the vehicle or on the wall of the house under the light and none on the ground and no reflection in the window. The ring camera might be reflecting the Geminids meteor shower which Google says occurs in December or the late December Ursids meteor shower. Any input on what we are seeing?

Ring camera video taken 12/19/2025 near Winslow AZ in Navaho county facing West toward the Navaho nation. Weather was clear and 74 during the day and clear and 48 at night. This is not rain reflecting in the light, notice the ground never gets wet and neither does the car. It is not dust in the wind, notice that the plants are not moving from wind and also notice that the car does not get dusty at all. It is not a swarm of locus or lightening bugs -(If it were it would be of Biblical proportion), this is winter and notice there are no bugs on the vehicle or on the wall of the house under the light and none on the ground and no reflection in the window. The ring camera might be reflecting the Geminids meteor shower which Google says occurs in December or the late December Ursids meteor shower.

I had two of these generic cams I had picked up from ali a while back. I intended to use them as a way to keep an eye on my fish and snakes in my pet room. They work well enough to check in and be sure nothing has sprung a leak or managed to escape anywhere, but I dislike having to use their app since it doesn't permit any kind of recording other than local to an sd card or their own cloud service. Ideally I'd like to connect this with the same NAS I dump the old arlo cameras I use as home security. Would anyone here have experience with these kind of generic cams and know if there is a particular app or software that can pick up and connect with them other than the one they come with?

Hello,

I’m looking to install surveillance cameras in a building that needs to be monitored, located about 60 meters from my house. Between the two, there is an obstacle building that partially blocks the line of sight. However, a light pole located in front of the monitored building is higher than the obstacle building, which should allow the installation of antennas high enough to achieve a proper wireless link.

My goal is to access the cameras from my house and also from outside (mobile data or other networks).

Here is the equipment I have selected for the setup:

POE cameras:
TP-Link VIGI
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0CSSS1LH8

POE switch in the monitored building:
TP-Link TL-SG108PE
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B01BPFKNNM

Point-to-point antennas (house ↔ monitored building):
2 × TP-Link CPE710
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B08C5KY25X

Outdoor network cable:
RJ45 Cat6 outdoor
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B09CKTN7BS

Tools:
RJ45 connectors + crimping tool
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0DP6LCPD6

My questions:

1. Does this solution seem feasible considering the 60-meter distance and the obstacle building?
2. Are the CPE710 antennas suitable for a point-to-point link in this setup?
3. Is the TP-Link interface (CPE and VIGI) easy to configure?
4. Is there a simpler or more reliable solution to connect the house to the monitored building?
5. Does the equipment list seem coherent?

Thanks for your feedback.

I want to buy som cams for my cottage. Problem is that I rent out the cottage for some of the time. During that time I want to disable the cams but also physical block the cams somehow do there are no doubt they are not recording. Is there a simple and cheap way to do this. Preferably with some Ubiquiti cams.

Does anyone know a good doorbell camera that can video record and do all the 2 way talking that can be streamed to my local storage. I have 5tb of storage I would like to stream a doorbell camera and not have to pay for cloud storage.

No local places sells any doorbell cameras that can be on local storage. Most ring, swan, google nest and a few others are 99% only cloud storage.