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 under eave mount.
With floodlight cam you can see and hear any activity and speak with anyone in range of your floodlight cam.
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.
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.
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.
Step 4 mount the ring floodlight cam.
The atached picture is the way i currently have the sensor pointed.
Ring has some very helpful installation videos that do a much better job of explaining how to mount this thing than i ever could.
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.
Mounting wired floodlight on soffit when mounting under an eave should the sensor be in front of the floodlights or behind.
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.
Includes one secure mount.
Adjusts viewing angle by 90 paintable to match your home.
Ring floodlight cam contains both advanced passive infrared pir sensors that control the light and motion sensors in the camera.
The final step is to actually install the floodlight camera.
I just received a floodlight cam today.