“Can this be wired to my existing regular light not a flood light replacing it and act as a light for backyard as well as a security light system?”
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Yes. Just know that it is designed for a vertical wall mount, not horizontal.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes the camera/light can work like a back yard light, but there are some things to consider... Every time you turn off your light the camera goes off too and will not have power to work (defeating the security part). Also you would need to set the light to be on all the time in your app so when you turn on the switch that it would actually come on for more then 30 seconds. Some installation hints would be to have an electrician wire a separate wire/switch out to the area you wish the camera at, and leave your existing outdoor light as it was, giving you both blessings. I didn't do that (yet), so I had to tape up the switch inside the house to be always on so my camera power didn't go out by accident when I threw the wrong switch off at night. Also my old flood light was mounted to the soffit, so the light/camera was aimed at the ground below if I just screwed it into the existing socket (nothing is ever easy it seems). It's best to have a side mounted (on the wall) fitting to have the ease of just changing a few screws. Another interesting thing... while putting a box on the box to switch the direction I found out that I saw a lot more under roof eave then the actual area I wanted seen, so I had to lower and extend my box down a foot to see the area correctly. As you can see it turned out to be more involved then I was originally intending. I have two of these lights that are similar at the front house, so the second one (months later) I knew what to expect, but like every perfect plan there always seems to be a monkey wrench in it somewhere, as I had a tree in the main view of the second camera, so I had to extend the box 10 feet away to get the view I wanted (plus trim a few bushes), which meant going into an electrical box (weather proof) to switch directions, and then put the wire in a tube made for electrical wires, and then another box at the final location. Took me 4 hours to finally get all the right parts with corner pieces, pipe, and junction boxes, which meant a couple trips to the hardware store (when designing for the first time you always don't get everything the first trip). If you hire it out of course they usually carry enough parts on hand and there's a lot less cussing and swearing heard, as you feel like that country song that said "I picked a bad day to stop drinking"... ha ha. Another interesting thing on my third light in my backyard/lanai was that at night time when something triggered the camera/light that the only thing I saw was the screen (installed a foot way from screen), and nothing beyond the screen. Anytime a lizard or bug crawled on the screen being that close to the camera it would trig it assuming something big was going by, and up that close it appeared big to the camera (like Godzilla). Daytime of course it worked perfectly, but at night when the lights come on... the screen reflected and I couldn't see the outdoor area I'm wanting protected. The cure is keep the light on the outside just beyond the screen if you want the backyard at night covered. I love the amp and the camera's in general for the added security, and my only grip is that I would like the camera to have more clarity 20 feet away, as I love to zoom in on the occasional animal that graces our yard, and it's hard to get a good take on it if the camera has low pixel resolution. I'm sure they will get more high definition as they go, and I will certainly upgrade when they do!
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