How to install Reolink Security 4K PoE Cameras Outside - in DETAIL
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I have posted a couple videos on this Reolink NVR and Security Camera kit and today I’ll review with you my install location, run the wires from inside my home to the proposed installation area outside, mount the cameras and lastly check out the footage.
This is a 4K security camera system in a box, including 4X 4k cameras and NVR or Network Video Recorder and it costs around $500US. In those videos, I unboxed the system and introduced all of their technical specifications and then initialized the NVR to ensure it works as expected. Now it’s time to install the cameras in my proposed location. If you are not sure where to install your cameras, do check my video on Planning your system installation.
I plan on installing my cameras here, on this post by my front door. One camera on each side will give me the perfect view. 1. Along the side of my house, 2. My front door, 3. My garage doors, 4. And lastly my driveway. Unfortunately, I don’t have easy access into the 2 sections of soffit and I don’t want to drill holes in these and damage them. Since I move cameras around so much and I’m always upgrading, I don’t want to replace soffit, because for me, it’s not a fun activity. Instead I’m going to use the top of this pillar as my install location but I need to get my network cables up there and protect the wires and connections.
So, here’s the plan. I’ll use direct burial cables and run them in conduit from my basement, out the wall and down into the ground. They will exit the conduit and travel about 8 feet then renter conduit and travel up the pillar and then terminate inside of exterior junction boxes. I will then mount the cameras on the junction box covers. This keeps the cables safe from the elements and gives them a neat, finished look. It also prevents anyone from sneaking up and snipping them. I can even replace the camera in the future with only damaging the junction box covers, which can easily be replaced. Reolink does sell junction boxes for this very purpose, with pre-drilled holes to match the camera mounts. I will be using standard electrical junction boxes from home depot because I need a different configuration of side holes, plus, with standard boxes, you have many more accessories and options.
Let me just say that running wires can be challenging in any camera install project, especially if your home or business is already built and the walls are finished. Every situation is different and I do review a couple in my planning video. It depends on your abilities and comfort level. There are many approaches to completing this task, but today, I’ll be digging trenches, drilling holes in my house and installing conduit.
I’ll install the conduit with the network cables pre-installed. Once this is stood up next to the pillar, I will run the cables inside to a patch panel. Once the junction boxes are installed, the cables can now be terminated with RJ-45 connectors. To install the cameras, I will need to place the junction box cover on first, followed by the mount. The cables roll up nicely into the junction box and can be sealed.
Lastly, I show some sample 4K footage from day and night. Looks better than I hoped.
Thanks for letting me share my install process today. I hope you learning some pointers and maybe got some ideas on how to install a system yourself. - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
thank you SO MUCH for posting this for others to see. NIce detail. Very helpful!
Awesome video, thanks! Just a quick tip if you have an existing hole from a hole saw that you need to make bigger, you can usually double up the smaller size hole saw inside the bigger one on the bit itself, and use that as your pilot hole. That assumes they're the same brand, so I always buy the same brand hole saws.
Bloody amazing! Well made video - slick and to the point. Thank you.
Liked and Subscribed!!
very nice clean install. I like the pillar concept where you get all the camera angles just from one pillar!
Wow i'm totally impressed with the details and the professional installation you did.
And this, Sir, is the reason I subscribed to your channel. Great instructional videos. Adding the patch panel is a nice touch too. 👍
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Thanks for the tip on using Big Box junction boxes instead of the expensive Reolink junction boxes. I always wondered if they were the same size, and you answered the question for me. I will be replacing three nest wifi cams and going to 4K/NVR package very soon.
Thank you for another informative presentation.
Excellent instructional video. Well done sir.
keep up the great work , Cheers!
I love all of your videos. And your home is beautiful! I purchased the hikvision 2DE4A425IW-DE4 after watching your review. We have a very large area to cover and it does an excellent job! Keep up the great videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
Subbed, plain and simple, excellent channel.
flippin' awesome demo of installation and use; thank you
Hey man, you speak always wiht a smile on your face . This is soooooo cute ! 😀😊🥰
Awesome video, great work!
What a beautifully made video. I wish I could do that too but I can’t. LOL. But you did a great job there. Congrats
Good tips! And you explain well!
Wow! 😎 I just saw you post, thank you I appreciate it.
I like it, thanks.
What an excellent video. I have a number of cameras sitting around waiting to be installed. I too have poor access to the soffit area and into the attic and have been considering various options. I might go this route but I have to figure out if I want to use outdoor rated ethernet and just tuck it into the vinyl siding under the soffit around the house, or if I want to paint conduit and mount it along the roof line under the soffit. Outdoor cable tucked away would be less noticeable, but conduit would help in the future if I ever needed to replace the cables.
Glad you found the video helpful. Tucking the wires into the siding is a great solution. I have done that a few times and it's a pretty quick solution. I did have a little trouble on 90-degree turns where the wires were a little visible. Yes, if you need to replace the wires, pulling them out carefully not to damage the siding.
Wow, great video. Thanks.
Awesome video, thanks!
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Good simple vid thanks...subbed
Wow, this is nice but very intensive and more than want to do.
This was great, thank you for sharing.
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crazy video
perfect work
Useful video!!
Genius !!!
Nice job, good future-proofing as well. Something you might consider in the future would be remote IR emitters. You can turn off the IR in the cameras and that cuts down on the spider attraction. You can also paint the top part of the downspouts black which helps with glare even if they are just outside this picture. Thanks again.
Thanks for the tips!
Thank u .. subscribed immediately..
Thanks for sharing.
Hi, really informative video thanks. I'm installing Reolink RLC-520 cameras but the Reolink D20 Box is massive. Could you please let me know what junction boxes you used? The camera is about 105mm at the base. Many thanks.
Good work sir
Very helpful. Thank you! Have you had success connecting a doorbell cam to the Reolink NVR? I'm considering a system similar to what you've installed and would love to be able to add a doorbell cam (and perhaps a couple indoor wireless cams) to the system. Do you know if that's possible? Thanks again. Your ability to explain complex config steps in a clear and concise way is impressive. Well done.
I have not tried it but it would be possible if the door bell supports ONVIF.
This was very nice and gave me lots of Ideas for camera and more use of conduit and junction boxes 10/10
So you mounted the camera plate to the junction box plate? Does it feel secure enough or do you need to use screws with a nut on the other side?
nicely done.
Great video and well spoken! Question, did you notice fog or moisture build on your cameras after time (on the lens)?
Thanks for the question. Here is the prairies, it's very dry and I haven't noticed any moisture.
Curious to see how you got the other non reolink cameras jive with the reolink nvr, especially being able to watch live videos from these cameras with the app.
Nice job
Can you post the link for the junction box please. Thank you.
I was only curious about indoor cat 6 not direct burial, thanks.
Thank you for very good videos and very helpful. Do you have any experience with their support?
Thanks for the nice comment!! No, I haven't used their support but from what others say, they're helpful and good to work with.
Hello, very nice video, do you have the amazon link to the rj45 connectors please as it should be POE compliant as well and not so easy to find ? Thanks
hi, thanks for this instructional video, could you drop a link of the junction boxes you used in this video, thanks
I'm glad you liked the video. Here are the junction boxes: amzn.to/3cHI36v and here are their covers: amzn.to/2MU0eLd
Nice install thank you. Just have question . is there any signal lost if you use patch panel between NVR Unit and Cameras ? I want to do the same idea just wondering if there's a big diff. Secondly I want to upgrade my NVR 8 chan. to 16chan. What do you recommend add on another 8cha. unit or just straight 16cha. unit ? thx appreciate for the response.
Thanks for checking out my video. There is no lost signal or lag using a patch panel. I would recommend getting a 16ch unit instead of running 2 8ch units... unless you can fit more hard drive space into the 2 8ch units and you need that extra storage.
@@HomeTechDIY Thank you very much for the reply. I will do your advice.
future,,,sealing camera boxes a good idea?
This was awesome.
Is the hardware in these cameras the same as the Reolink bullet 4K (RLC-810A)? I’m debating on going with the 4K w/ AI turret or bullet camera bundle.
very helpful! What cables would you recommend for the reolink 4k rln16-410? i would like to get good cables that would prevent us from running new cables everytime we upgrade. They will all run thru the attic. thanks!
I would recommend CAT6 with a gauge of 23. amzn.to/3UGK2vq
You would do CAT 7, but it's overkill and expensive.
@@HomeTechDIY thanks so much!
Pointer - A) it is called an LB, not a box. B) anytime you're feeding wire through vertical conduit, feed from down up - let gravity assist you rather than fight you.
did you mean feed from up to down? Go back to grammar school.
I have a camera setup to read number plates. At night I had the problem with the plate reflecting so much it's impossible to read. But I now have a bush near to the camera so the infrared light bounces off this bush making the camera image darken so I can read the number plates perfectly at night.
Hi there, I'm looking to mount some reolink bullet cameras on a solid brick wall. Do you recommend the junction boxes to hide/house the reset & power fittings? Thanks
Unless you can access and hide (and then seal) a hole for the connector behind the wall, it seems junction boxes are the best solution to hide the fittings.
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Hi,
First,thanks for great videos 👍
I’m wondering is it possible to add other reolink cameras to the same app on my iPhone cameras would locate in different country and naturally in different wlan network ?
Thanks: Jere
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Hi, nice video. Whats the lend size?
Is cat 6 cable all the same? Where do you get yours, there seems to be cable from $90 to $225 for 1000' rolls. I read some is solid and some is braided do you have a preference?
The link for mine is in the video's description. There are different quality notes, like sure copper or just copper coated. There is a difference sometimes in the wire gauge. I prefer the thicker stuff at 23AWG, instead of 24.
Hello, Is there a way to watch the portion of installing junction box without fast forward ?
Are these cameras the 4K 8MP or 12MP? The reason I ask is your recordings are smooth and don't show and jitter. I think the 12MP have a slower frame rate and could be a problem, so I am assuming your cameras are the 8MP.
Hi, how about spider web on these reolink turret cameras? I just got rlc-510a camera system and all my bullet camera's are covered with spider web if I use night vision with IR leds. Some people saying needs changing from bullet to turret style camera some saying that I have to turn off IR lights and use external IR source.
Rather than the camera’s nightvision, would motion-sensor floodlights be a better light source?
If you have really bright lights that would allow the cameras to get color photos that might be ok, but you would have to deal with the time it takes for the camera to adjust from the night mode to the lights coming on. You may also have issues with reflections from bright spot lights. I don't think it's a bad idea, but you may have to do some tweaking and adjusting. Another option is to get a remotely located IR emitter - they generally provide much more IR light than the camera does. Added bonus, camera doesn't get covered in bugs.
Could you give some sort of insight into the hours involved in doing all this wiring? My guess would be two full days of work. Much appreciated!
Good question, there was obviously a lot of work done off-camera. In total, I spent 10 hours on the wiring alone. I made a bunch of mistakes along the way and had to redo a bunch of stuff, but this video only shows final product. I ended up doing the patch panel 3 times because the wires wouldn't line up correctly, that's why there are 2 holes cut behind the panel, they would not fit on the sides. Hope this helps.
Does the patch panel affect the POE the NVR provides to the cameras? I purchased the same system and am trying to find a way to keep things relatively organized without needing to buy an expensive POE switch or building out a complex home network…
I didn't notice any impact to the power or data in my scenario due to the patch panel. It is a possible point of failure but also helps clean things up and keep things organized.
Why did you go with reolink vs hikvisions ? Are you looking at moving to a standalone all in one nvr verses the blueiris machine ?
Good question. I find the genuine Hikvision cameras a little harder to find because they only have a very select list of distributers. The Reolink cameras are on Amazon and on reolink.com, and much and quicker to get my hands on. I also like their marketing and feel they have a strong position in the market. I am still running Hikvision and Blue Iris and I have videos in the works on each.
@@HomeTechDIY I have been using "gray market" hik's from what i find to be a reputable seller on ebay. No issues with them so far. I am still on the fence however weather dropping nearly $400-500 on a hikvision DS-7716 NVR or building a BI machine.
Yeah, it's a tough call. If you are installing more than 4 cameras, you'll want a beefy PC... which translates into money spent on better performing hardware.
@@QuaabQueb You can definitely find better prices for a DS-7716 (or OEM equivalent) on eBay. You shouldn't be paying more than $200 if you know where to look. There are 70+ companies that rebrand Hikvision products. I'd highly recommend looking into some of those OEM products on eBay, as you can find the exact same NVRs and cameras at a fraction of the cost.
Why not use Synology NAS? 😎.
Awesome video. Did you glue all the pvc conduits including elbow joints?
Yes, lots of dry fitting and gluing
@@HomeTechDIY
You mentioned you wish the junction box were bigger. Since the conduit is glued to the junction box, I assume you will have to cut the conduit pipe to change the junction box in the future, right?
Yes. I would remove all the boxes and pipes and re-fit everything on top of the pillar.
@@HomeTechDIY
I am in the process of putting up a pvc conduit on the side and back of my house to run my ethernet cable. I think I will glue only the critical joints that needs stability. I am runing outdoor rated cat6a cable, so not worry about the moisture. The pvc is more for aesthetic than cable protection. What do you think?
Sounds like a good idea to me. :)
Would it be OK to use RJ45 couplers instead of a patch panel as I will only be running 5 or 6 network cables from the NVR location to rear porch roof space before I run the cables to the camera locations around the back garden, as the patch panels I see are like 24ports which is way more than I will ever need?
Yes, I have used couplers like these for this very purpose: amzn.to/3aBEQDA
I'm doubting the 60 ft, can you please post a video and show measurements? Also please include all settings as well.
Thanks for questioning the distance. You are correct. I just double checked the distance and it's 56 feet, 2 inches. I have posted this official distance and the default camera settings used in this video to my blog post: www.hometechdiy.com/install_reolink_d800/
Where did you get the smaller waterproof cable grand and cap? The ones that came with the Reolink camera are too big (too long). The ones you used look smaller.
I had some extra lying around that did the trick.
I installed the exact same system and it works perfectly. My apartment block is in New York, and I watch the system from London. The only problem I have is installing additional cameras. The system see the cameras but will not allow me to add it to the system, Reolink support is awful.
Are you adding the cameras directly to the PoE ports on the camera or over your LAN? Not sure what you mean by the system can see the camera but you cannot add them to the system. Are you able to see the cameras' live feed on the NVR itself and not over the Reolink app?
Hi, I am trying to add junction box to my reolink cameras. I bought the same ones you are using but having troubles with the screws. They stick out cause the heads are too big. Did you use different screws?
Hey. I had the same issue, so I used a larger drill bit (the same width of the screw heads) to make the holes in the cover a just a couple millimeters deep so the screw heads will be flush with the cover.
Hello, I want to buy relink 4K camera and I want to use it with blue irs . Which one you try and work for you ? Can any body let me know ? Thanks
What kind of cable did you use for this project. I couldn't find any link for this particular cable . Thanks
Thanks for letting me know. I just updated the description with the links.
Have you messed around with the 1212a or newer 1224a yet?
Not yet but hopefully soon.
The cable supplied which cat6 be?
Do you need to silicone the back of junction box? I mean water could get behind it
It's not a bad idea just to be safe.
Is it possible to turn off the IR on one of the cameras? I'm gonna mount one of the cameras inside pointing outside through the window glass and am afraid there will be a glare because of the IR. Please answer if you know) Thank you.
Can I network an external poe switch to the internal nvr switch?
and connect ip cameras to the external switch, that will be given ip addresses from the nvr internal switch as if i connected those cameras directly to the nvr internal switch?
Do you have a link or description of the junction box you used ?
Similar Junction box: www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-1-2-in-Gray-5-Holes-4-in-Round-Non-Metallic-Weatherproof-Box-WRB550PG/300851119
Junction box cover: www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-Gray-4-in-Round-Non-Metallic-Weatherproof-Blank-Cover-WBC300PG/300852125
Do these Reolink cameras have ONVIF and work with Blue Iris instead of / in addition to the NVR?
Yes, check out my video on Blue Iris where I add them to my PC: th-cam.com/video/hbcO-g3mGgI/w-d-xo.html
I love my Reolink 4k with NVR but they need to improve on the field of view , that 89 degree is terrible,it’s way too narrow. My logi-2 web cameras that I swapped out had 180 degrees. Reolink we need at least 120.
Will cat 5 cables work fine for this same system?
Yes
What you could do is swap the angles of the garage and drive cameras so they're shooting perpendicular to each other, that way you shouldn't have to move the drains and you should maintain good IR images.
That is a really good idea. Thanks for sharing!!
@@HomeTechDIY No problem, I tackle issues like that installing cameras pretty much monthly. Usually, it just takes a bit of fiddling in order to sort common issues like that.
Hi, what is that smaller cable sealing coupler?
The one from reolink is just too long... 😅
The smaller one is an extra I had from an old setup. Yes, the Reolink ones are pretty large.
@@HomeTechDIY thank you
... I guess i gotta keep looking then...
Can these be installed on a wall instead of a ceiling without a junction box?
Yes, on a wall is just fine. If you are not using a junction box, make sure to account for the wire when planning your install.
How do the (PoE) cameras get power when they're plugged into the patch panel?
Each port on the patch panel is plugging into a PoE switch and the power will pass right through the panel to the camera.
That looks like an 80’s NL license plate
It sure is!
hi !! good videos !! my point is this you have reviewed many reolink products and i bought a cheaper RLC 410 which is ok ! and hard wired it too !! picked up all from your vids !
my now point is could you recommend an IP camera there are lots to confuse you- spec looking for wired /2way audio /light /infrared / SD card / if its possible all thoughts considered BOB
What is the maximum length of stranded cat6 cable for this camera?
Good question. Officially, it's 100m, but as you may have seen in my past videos (th-cam.com/video/CDqZs5M4i4s/w-d-xo.html) we can achieve lengths much greater. I have not yet tested the maximum functional length from the NVR to the camera.
you prefer this cameras instead of the HIKVISIONS?
I find the genuine Hikvision cameras a little harder to find because they only have a very select list of distributers. The Reolink cameras are on Amazon and on reolink.com, and much and quicker to get my hands on. I also like their marketing strategy and feel they have a strong position in the market. I am still running Hikvision and Blue Iris and I have videos in the works on each.
@@HomeTechDIY would you recommend the reolink rlc-1220a camera/nvr system or would you recommend something else?
Can i using this camera with only SD card for 4k recording without Ethernet? Please reply.thanks before
Yes, for motion only (not continuous).
Hello, can we change the resulution of cameras? I do not need 4k
Yes, in the camera settings, the resolution can be lowered.
No Amazon link for Cat6 & Patch panel.
Thanks for letting me know. I just updated the description with the links.
Which category cable did you use .
Looks like cat 5e
5:17 shows cat6 cables
Good catch! Yes, it's CAT6.
Cameras are getting really good nowadays. Someone just needs to solve the main issue with CCTV cameras now - SPIDERS!
Someone else mentioned a remotely located IR emitter. Disable the IR on the camera and use that, if you can.
@@sirtimatbob That's a good idea! Thanks.
I see snow. I am in Canada and would like to know how cold it gets where you are. We can count on at least two weeks of -30 to -40 degrees C in the winter. Have you had any cold weather problems? Camera failure, condensation, etc.?
I'm in Alberta. It was about -25 last night and I had no issues. I've used other Reolink cameras in -40 and they were a little sluggish and some ghosting at night but no major issues.
Hello. This is a late reply but I also live in a very cold province (Montreal, Quebec) and we have -25 and sometime -40 with the wind chill. Never had a single issue with all my 8 Reolink cameras (RLC-820A). It's up there since October 2020. So 3 winters already. Hope that helps.
Do these cameras have audio recordings
They have mics but no speakers. Check out all the specs here: th-cam.com/video/zwq16tF2FHc/w-d-xo.html
@@HomeTechDIY ok that's what I want. I only want to hear whats going on outside