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Nest Cam Installation Question

Posted on 2/15/19 at 2:12 pm
Posted by CBLSU316
Far Right of Left
Member since Jun 2008
11392 posts
Posted on 2/15/19 at 2:12 pm
Going to take advantage of their sale this weekend and pick up two of the outdoor cams.

Cam one will be on the front of my house near the garage. I think I am going to drill a hole in the soffit and route the cord into the attic space and drill a small hole in my garage ceiling and plug the camera into the outlet with the garage door opener. Anyone see any issues here?

Cam two is a bit trickier and will be on the back patio. I do not have an outlet close to here so I have a couple of things in mind.

1. Run and extension cord in the attic from an existing attic outlet and drill a small hole in the soffit to route the cable to plug into this cord. Obviously the easiest of the 3 options but is certainly not to code.

2. Run romex off the existing outlet and mount a new plug in the attic space near where the cam will be mounted. Drill small hole in soffit and run cord into attic to plug into new outlet.

3. Run romex off an existing outlet in attic and add a new outdoor outlet on the soffit. The reason I don't want to do this is because of all the extra cord that will need to be rolled up somewhere visible.

I like option #2 the best for a cleaner look but will go #3 if necessary.

Posted by ashy larry
Marcy Projects
Member since Mar 2010
5568 posts
Posted on 2/15/19 at 3:52 pm to
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I think I am going to drill a hole in the soffit and route the cord into the attic space and drill a small hole in my garage ceiling and plug the camera into the outlet with the garage door opener. Anyone see any issues here?

If you want to go the easiest route, just run something from the garage opener outlet to the attic and split it off to both cameras via extension cords.

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2. Run romex off the existing outlet and mount a new plug in the attic space near where the cam will be mounted. Drill small hole in soffit and run cord into attic to plug into new outlet.

Best route in my opinion. I have ring cams. I have outlets in the four corners of my attic so I can mount multiple cameras at each location if I want.
Posted by King George
Member since Dec 2013
5361 posts
Posted on 2/18/19 at 4:41 pm to
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2. Run romex off the existing outlet and mount a new plug in the attic space near where the cam will be mounted. Drill small hole in soffit and run cord into attic to plug into new outlet.
This is exactly what I did and it looks and works fine. I caulked the hole and painted it to match the soffit and trim.
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