I really hate ring I just throw away 600 to ring I didn’t know you couldn’t replace bulb in flood lights.. I feel like I been scam out my hard working money and have to replace to of my flood lights already.. first time I ever been rob in my lights
I used your video to successfully swap mine out today- thanks so much! I have no electrical background so I found the comments below helpful that stated: connect red camera/sensor wire to red light wire; connect two white light wires to white wire coming from house (I used an extra white wire to pigtail them because wires were so short); connect black cam/sensor wire to black house wire. Thanks for recording this video!
They do! I don’t think this motion sensor keeps the lights on quite as long when triggered by motion as the ring but I’ve been very happy with this solution.
Worked perfect. Can’t believe I waited 2+ years to try this. Picked up a Defiant 180 Degree White Motion-Sensing Outdoor Security-Light from Home Depot this afternoon and had it working in under an hour. All functionality with the cam is perfect. Testing tonight with the bulbs I got which were EcoSmart 120-Watt Equivalent PAR38 Dimmable Flood LED Light Bulb Daylight (2-Pack). Thank you so much for this hack!!
Worked great for me, seems to have no issues that I noticed so far. This made my day today because I was bummed about needed to spend like 250 or more for a new one. Thank you for the informative video. I just ended up going yo Lowe’s and picking on a light.
it works! it took me a bit to figure out the wiring diagram, but once i did, it powered up - lights came on steady and i was worried. After it reconnected to the wi-fi, it was better than new! And with 15% off at Menard's and a previous rebate for 11% off on earlier purchases, all in, $25.67! so happy thank you Casey!
This is awesome! I have been looking at the ring light for a while now, but according to the reviews the bulbs 💡 couldn’t be replaced and after finding your video now I’m sure to order this. Thank you for showing us the “light”
I really think amazon could have charged more and made a fixture like this and people would still pay for it. FYI I'm 5 months in and it still works as it should.
Thanks a million. I bought a cheap defiant motion light from HD today. Made the switch. Took me 10 minutes. Worked like a charm. I was surprised it worked the first try because electrical is not my thing. Thanks...
This was really helpful. Ring wanted to sell me another unit after mine blew after 2 1/2 years. This fix was easy and I like that the end result is much more lumens than the original Ring. Thanks for the ideas.
So I’m stubborn. When my Ring Floodlights began to flicker I came across this video but ignored it. For my first attempt at a repair, I ordered a cheap motion detecting floodlight with enclosed LED lights because I was really hoping to retain the original appearance of the Ring Floodlight Cam. This, of course, was a gamble on the possibility that the internal LED driver was still good. I lost the gamble. The replacement LEDs still flickered. I broke down and followed this tutorial and my floodlight now works perfectly. I admit that I still prefer the original appearance of the Ring Floodlight but this is a much more affordable fix than buying a full replacement - as long as you don’t waste your money, like I did, on an extra unnecessary purchase. Thanks for the help!
Excellent video, sir! Being one to consider future problems before they happen I started doing research before buying video floodlights for my house. As I suspected most if not all don’t have replaceable bulbs. And just because they say it’s good for 100k hours or whatever that doesn’t mean the circuit board will last anywhere near that long! Which is a bad place to be after investing ~$200 in a security camera. This is such an easy and permanent fix. Cheers!
I had the same problem, but because I pay the seven dollars a month for the cloud recording, it comes with extended warranty on all ring devices at the same address, as long as you’re paying the monthly fee. Many people don’t know this but I think it’s a great deal to have all devices covered under warranty pretty much indefinitely. I called Ring, and they tested it remotely and shipped me a replacement device within a week.
Thank you for mentioning. I didn't knew that. I was paying $90 for 3 devices per year, and it's just $10 more to upgrade and have a pease of mind. Good to know.
Thanks Casey, It worked like a Charm. I did it without your video and wired it wrong and the lights wouldn't shut off. I found your video and fixed it minutes!
Thanks for the video, same thing happened to me as soon as my 1 year warranty expired. I just fixed my floodlight cam today and just like you said it works 👍🏽👍🏽, Thanks!
Can you still do the dusk to dawn?? (Set up a light schedule ) On another video someone did a similar hack but the only feature that was lost was the dusk to dawn??
Hi Casey. I have a NEW question! One light is out on my Ring. I do not see any black dots on the LED diodes. Would a malfunctioning puck cause just one light to go out? I have printed your diagram, watched the wiring portion of your video multiple times, and made notes from all the comments listed below. So to simplify it for myself and make sure I understand the wiring before I tackle it, would you please review my notes and let me know if this is correct? Also, I always take pictures before I disconnect wires in any wiring project as I am a novice and find them useful to refer to. Three green wires go together (1 from each light + 1 from house power). Four white wires go together (1 from each light + 1 from camera + 1 house power). Two black wires go together (1 from each light [one of these has a red wire crimped on it coming from the camera]). Two DIFFERENT black wires go together (1 from camera + 1 house HOT power). Thank you so much for your video and anticipated response (even though it has been three years!) I really look forward to getting this done.
@TheKansascinqs So sorry for the slow response. I prefaced through your understanding of the wiring and it appears correct. I will go back and re read the comment and update if anything is wrong.
@@DeckCoLandscape Thank you very much! One more quick question please... if the puck is the problem and I remove it, do I HAVE to replace the bulbs. So... the Ring bulbs can't handle the wattage without the "step-down" puck?
@TheKansascinqs yes you will overload the bulbs and blow them out. Rings leds are trash. Again i am on the third year since i did this viseo with the same bulbs!
Thank you for the video!!!! And thank for the link to the replacement camera!! FYI people, if you are having trouble with the wire diagram- just simply look at the wiring on the replacement that is linked
Thanks so much. I have just bought two of the ring floodlights. I liked the first one so much I got another. I didn't think about bulb replacement till seeing your video. The concept I like with the ring is all cameras need lots of light so the floodlights combined with the camera is a great idea. I like the siren option too. Im sold on the Ring system, so far has worked really beyond my expectations. Plus the $10 a month plan for alarm monitoring & camera feed to the cloud is great.
Thank you so much, followed instructions and worked perfectly. Lights are brighter and better than the original. For those who didn’t understand the wiring (red from sensor and cam is connected to black from both lights only) then both black and white from sensor and cam connected to black and white from the house. Again thanks for the video, it was helpful.
I did the same but used the ring red wire to power a 120 volt coil relay the Normally open contacts are then used to close the black wire circuit providing power to the flood lights
Casey, thank you for this great video. I was just about ready to toss my Ring fixture and pony up another $250 to Ring. I followed your instructions using the housings from the Defiant Fixture from Home Depot (Model DFI-5412-WH). Entire cost was $27.97. I put two 150W Cree PAR38 LED Flood lights ($7.97 each) in and I have a MUCH brighter lighting solution. The Ring camera, siren, motion detector, and Ring App-controlled on/off features all work perfectly. This is a great "hack" even if your Ring LEDs are working. You get better lighting, easily replaceable LED bulbs and it looks as good or better as the original Ring Floodlight cam. BTW- the wiring diagram that you so kindly added is a must. Again, a million thanks.
@@kingstergaming7242 All features still work. New LED bulbs are Cree PAR38. They are equivalent to a 150W bulb. I went with the daylight color (yellowish tinted light).
Hey there Casey, I really like what you've done and following this approach really made me happy. I did follow another video and replaced my LED's as described, however, I was not happy with the fact the functionality did not allow full use of the app. I only spent $25 for the LED's but totally liked the idea of having replaceable lights and I went for it. It was a breeze and you did a great job. All working like a charm. Thank you
of course water got into my unit and only one light works..bugs me! thanks for taking the time to pull this video and share- very much appreciated and I will certainly convert mine too.
Just followed your video and replaced my Ring lights. All systems are go. I took apart the "Ballast" and its no wonder they fail after a year or so. They filled the thing with silicon to help make it waterproof. Well, this is also a Power Supply converting 120 AC to 24 DC. Power supplies generate HEAT! Heat is very bad for electronic components as it breaks them down quickly. There are better ways to make this thing waterproof.
Great info, and thanks for taking your personal time to provide much needed info. I just wish I could have seen the wiring process. The angle the camera was at, shielded the viewX Nevertheless, great instruction!
Hi Casey thank you for your video very useful. I could not get those lights not available in UK. So i have modified with SANSI Dusk to Dawn Security Light with Motion Sensor, 27W 2700lm 5000K Daylight Outdoor IP65. From Amazon uk. I took out the ring camera and replaced with motion sensor of the flood light. Works well. The wiring as you mentioned the camera gets a hot(live) and neutral and gives out red live from the camera relay which need to power the lights with a common neutral. I used 27w light and works well. Spoke to ring eventhough I have a basic contract they cannot replace the unit.
Great research and execution. But maybe cause I am not standing there or have not had to do this yet, but wouldn't be easier to just change the ring camera over to the new base? Would be a lot less work and quicker fix.
Great video! One question is that if all we used from the new floodlight was the bulb housing, maybe we can get away with buying an even cheaper outdoor light fixture without the motion sensor?
Working great. Only thing I don’t like is the teeth on the new light are a little different from the original ones. But it should not get water directly on it any way. Might silicone it later.
@raymondroot6598 you are absolutely right! I knew right away they would try to distract people everyway they could. I am 4 years in and still going. Absolutely no changes since I posted video.
I feel like I might have wired mine wrong. I have never dealt with electrical stuff before so forgive me in my stupidity with it. The camera works, but the lights do not. I have red wires on my lights not black, so I connected the red wire from the cam/sensor to the red wires from the lights. Then I connected the 2 white light wires together, then I connected the white wire from the sensor to the white wire coming out of the house, then the black wire from sensor to the black wire from the house. What am I missing/doing wrong?
Are you able to write up a more detailed guide on the wiring in the details page? This was a really awesome video!. I just got a little lost with which wires to connect to which especially at the end? Also, why do you no longer need the converter?
I have a schematic in the links pinned. The converter was used for the proprietary lighting which steps the voltage down. We want to use of the shelf light bulbs. Which the power out of camera relay is 120vac which is what is need for e27 lightbulbs
@A10011 Sorry for the delayed response, my friend. With what I picked 4 years ago, I didn't need to. But unfortunately, I know the quality of the shit they make now is likely the reason you're asking. Your answer, Yes perfectly waterproof.
its likely that you connected both wires going into camera/motion relay to power from house which would bypass the relay while still giving the lights constant power. Black wire (Hot) from house connects to one red wire and the the other red wire connects to Black wire to lights. Hope this helps!
@@DeckCoLandscape Ok, I have different new lights, that actually look exactly like the ones from ring. from each light, I have 3 wires, a white, a black, and a yellow w/green stripe, which I assumed was ground. so I hooked the yellows together to ground, and also assumed the red from the camera went to one light, the black to the other, and hooked all them together. how do I change it to right?
@@DeckCoLandscape should the black from the camera just go to house power, and the red go to the 2 blacks from the light? and are the yellow/green stripe truly ground?
@@DeckCoLandscape Ok, I have 3 wires from each light, black white and y/gs, and three from the ring, blk, red, white. I hooked all Whites together and to house neutral, tried this time 2 blacks from lights to red from camera, and black from camera to house hot, got same thing, lights on constant, but camera not working! am I to assume it should be black to black on lights and red to house hot?
One thing to consider with this hack is that the switch leg wire coming off the ring motion sensor is very thin (22AWG). That means that the wire is not rated to power 2 120v lights off if it. If you’re going to do this I’d suggest you keep the bulb wattage on the lower end.
I just bought 2 50 watt equivalent outdoor flood lights and nothing but when I use 2 60 Watt equivalent indoor lamps it works fine. Not sure why. Did you use indoor flood lights.
@@tinajsanta123 no they are outdoor rated. Did you verify that the bulbs actually work in another socket? My next question would be to check the voltage on red wire out of camera. some bulbs may have a lower input voltage requirement.
Can you help me what do u do with the little wires. I tried blowing up video for the image but i cant really see how you have what wire goes were. And u dont really show it. I dont understand your xiagram either. Not good at this stuff. But i got my wires cut so i need to gef ig all wired. Please help!!!
Casey I have a couple of questions. First, if you need to buy the replacement led driver from ebay for the existing lights which are fine. Which one would you suggest. I can't seem to find one there or Amazon that can fit and have the 24-36vdc output. Second question is if your original lights are good, I can just remove the driver and rewire per your sketch, because the camera already has a built-in driver as well as each individual ring led light. Lastly, if yes what is the purpose of the hockey puck led driver? Seems somehow to be redundant.
some of them exist however that is not the motive behind this video. Amazon made a device that is propreitary (and frankly stupid) for their light bulbs. They failed. Follow my video and links to get a fully functioning ring camera with replacable lights！
So now I need to investigate the Ring Spotlight Cam . I wonder if that connects to existing floodlights thus avoiding all this work. I would need the existing to only turn on when the motion detector/ camera sees something. Do you have any experience with the Ring Spotlight camera?
Casey, thanks for the great video share. My 1st generation flood took a crap a few weeks. I was able to isolate the flood lights and the ballast and plugged them directly into 110 VAC and they worked fine. I figured out the problem with my flood was the step down transformer that lives inside the camera housing was completely dead. There are numbers and a QR code on the transformer but, no information on the innerweb about purchasing a new one. Have you come across this problem yet?
I haven't opened the camera housing as when I was metering the wires it had 120v in and 120 out. Unless there is a newer version i am not aware of any transformer other than the LED ballast which clearly states on it 120v to 40v
@@DeckCoLandscape Thanks for the response, I physically opened the camera housing and there is a really small transformer in there. I'd like to purchase a new one but, they seem unavailable since there is ZERO information about them anywhere.
I did the same thing except I added a 10 Amp relay in the base so it can actually run 250W lamps. I was a little concerned that someone may not use a LED lamp and burn the red wire up.
Okay I noticed about week ago one the flood lights was flickering then a week later both of them got very dim. I never thought about replacing the bulbs because one of the reason I got this unit was tg hat the bulbs has a life if 10years. Well doing some research I noticed everyone was having this issue I own this unit for about 2years. I live the unit I will give it a 5 star but because of the fact the bulbs goes out within a 2 year period and you can not replace the bulbs. I paid 249.99 plus tax if I knew at the time the bulbs could not be replaced I would have went another route. I follow the directions and get my unit back and running. Now if a bulb goes out I can just replace the bulb. I think Ring is wrong for this and need to redesign the unit. I can still control the lights from our phone and snap shot still comes up. Thank you so much for this I was already looking to see if this could be done. It too about 20 minutes
This is the exact information I was looking for. I want to hack mine to activate the coil of a 120VAC relay to turn on additional external non smart lights.
Where do you get the relay from. I don't agree with using the red 22 gauge wire to carry the current to burn two bulbs. The red wire should drive a relay circuit that powers the two bulbs. In the long run this sensor circuit may be overloaded if not for a relay.
yes, likely you have wired the hot from house to lights first. I have a wiring diagram posted. if wiring is correct relay could be bad. Check relay through app by turning light on and off.
Not an electrician but my assumption is that the lights that come with the Ring don't have a converter in each one, so that's why the ballast is there; but when you buy an LEB floodlight bulb they have it built-in to the bulb itself. So if you use this method to replace the Ring bulbs, using incandescent or halogen is no problem w/out the ballast, and using LED bulbs you purchase will have the ballast in them already. If I'm wrong and someone else knows for sure, feel free to correct me.
Great video Casey...I just bought a new floodlight from Amazon but not opened and still within my 30 day return. Would be fantastic to get the old one fixed with your guide and get my money back. However, I can't seem to find the replacement bulbs in the UK unfortunately anywhere online. Do you happen to have a link to the 24v driver on ebay as you say or what I could search for to get the light bulb sockets for the replaceable lights. Again fantastic video.
The only downside with this modification is installing a high watt light bulbs and putting too much current through the relay. I wonder what kind of current passes through the relay in the original LED load.
I threw the led ballast out but it said the input and output voltages right on the top of it. Mostly the reason I used a bulb with the same lumins and power draw. Since the bulbs them self have the ballasts in them it should be any different.
This just happened to me and there tech support was so freakin nice to offer me a 35% discount! I refuse to purchase another Foodlight after only having this Light/Cam for 1 year and 4 months. Im going to take it down and see if your fix will solve this issue thank you, Ill post an update when its done.
Hi. the Ring cam I have got different wiring from the one you showed . Mine got three wires coming from the lights red.black and gray but the three wires coming from cam and motion are black red and white also the balast is different. I disconnected the balast and connected black wire from house to black from cam then all whites together and red to black from new lights . After powering the lights came one but its saying cam is offline . Any suggestions
What color wire from camera was attached to ballast, that is the wire that would be connected to the black wires from lights. you mentioned a grey wire which would likely be ground. disconnect the lights and connect the white and black from camera to house. Return power and verify if camera is online, if it is not then connect the black from house to red wire and check again. (White will always be common)
@@DeckCoLandscape thank you for your reply ...wires coming from cam are red .black .white connecting to balast then three wires coming out of balast to lights red.black and gray .wires from lights are red.blavk and gray... I disconnect lights and tried black to house nothing happens then tried red to house also nothing happens . I think cam is shot
Casey I was able to follow and the lights cut on from switch but stay on. Should they go off and come on if some is in front of the motion sensor under the ring
One of 2 things here. First i believe you might have ran the house power straight to the lights and not to camera motion. if that isn't the case then check the ring app for functionality toggle the light on or off from app. If it not functioning through app (not connected or what not) it is wired incorrectly. If everything is wired right then you have a bad camera/motion relay
Did this today.. it works except no sound now. No siren, can't hear anything and can't talk through the camera. Otherwise the lights work and it records.
We bought the camera less then a month and first the lights weren't working and now the camera is not working. I hoped was going to be waterproof but there is water everywhere in the camera and inside the lights and all this time it only rained 3 times. So this cameras are not waterproof you have to put them somewhere where they are covered
What's the model number, I can't see which one from the video, please reply I desperately need to replace mine, I caught some really cool and the stupid camera light doesn't work so I can't get a clear pic of what it was
It was a patriot brand motion flood. there wasn't anything particularly different from any of the lower priced motion flood options as they will work by either swapping the camera with the motion or doing like I showed in the video.
www.menards.com/main/lighting-ceiling-fans/outdoor-lighting/security-lights/patriot-lighting-reg-dual-head-motion-sensor-outdoor-security-flood-light/ow9227w/p-1444438436080-c-7544.htm
Does the replacing light have to be motion sensor or can it be without it?
@@jovas10 a standard flood light will work as well
I really hate ring I just throw away 600 to ring I didn’t know you couldn’t replace bulb in flood lights.. I feel like I been scam out my hard working money and have to replace to of my flood lights already.. first time I ever been rob in my lights
LOVE THIS! ??? Why not just swap the camera assembly into the replacement fixture??? The mounts look similar.
This video saved me $200 today. I love the fix, the fact that my wife and I were able to do it ourselves, and can replace bulbs whenever they go out.
Thank you. $29 and about 45 min later, I now have replaceable lamps in my Ring light!
Do the lights go on and off with the censor?
I used your video to successfully swap mine out today- thanks so much! I have no electrical background so I found the comments below helpful that stated: connect red camera/sensor wire to red light wire; connect two white light wires to white wire coming from house (I used an extra white wire to pigtail them because wires were so short); connect black cam/sensor wire to black house wire. Thanks for recording this video!
Do the lights go on and off?
like they would regularly?
They do! I don’t think this motion sensor keeps the lights on quite as long when triggered by motion as the ring but I’ve been very happy with this solution.
Worked perfect. Can’t believe I waited 2+ years to try this. Picked up a Defiant 180 Degree White Motion-Sensing Outdoor Security-Light from Home Depot this afternoon and had it working in under an hour. All functionality with the cam is perfect.
Testing tonight with the bulbs I got which were EcoSmart 120-Watt Equivalent PAR38 Dimmable Flood LED Light Bulb Daylight (2-Pack).
Thank you so much for this hack!!
Worked great for me, seems to have no issues that I noticed so far. This made my day today because I was bummed about needed to spend like 250 or more for a new one. Thank you for the informative video. I just ended up going yo Lowe’s and picking on a light.
it works! it took me a bit to figure out the wiring diagram, but once i did, it powered up - lights came on steady and i was worried. After it reconnected to the wi-fi, it was better than new! And with 15% off at Menard's and a previous rebate for 11% off on earlier purchases, all in, $25.67! so happy thank you Casey!
Do you have a link to the floodlight you or he purchased?
This is awesome! I have been looking at the ring light for a while now, but according to the reviews the bulbs 💡 couldn’t be replaced and after finding your video now I’m sure to order this. Thank you for showing us the “light”
I really think amazon could have charged more and made a fixture like this and people would still pay for it. FYI I'm 5 months in and it still works as it should.
@@DeckCoLandscape I agree. Good to know it Still works. Just ordered mine this was holding me back now I know there is a good fix for this. Thank you.
Thanks a million. I bought a cheap defiant motion light from HD today. Made the switch. Took me 10 minutes. Worked like a charm. I was surprised it worked the first try because electrical is not my thing. Thanks...
Do you have a link to the floodlight you or he purchased?
This was really helpful. Ring wanted to sell me another unit after mine blew after 2 1/2 years. This fix was easy and I like that the end result is much more lumens than the original Ring. Thanks for the ideas.
Just replaced mine today with same Patriot light from Menards, works great. Thanks for saving me some money.
So I’m stubborn.
When my Ring Floodlights began to flicker I came across this video but ignored it.
For my first attempt at a repair, I ordered a cheap motion detecting floodlight with enclosed LED lights because I was really hoping to retain the original appearance of the Ring Floodlight Cam.
This, of course, was a gamble on the possibility that the internal LED driver was still good. I lost the gamble. The replacement LEDs still flickered.
I broke down and followed this tutorial and my floodlight now works perfectly.
I admit that I still prefer the original appearance of the Ring Floodlight but this is a much more affordable fix than buying a full replacement - as long as you don’t waste your money, like I did, on an extra unnecessary purchase.
Thanks for the help!
Excellent video, sir! Being one to consider future problems before they happen I started doing research before buying video floodlights for my house. As I suspected most if not all don’t have replaceable bulbs. And just because they say it’s good for 100k hours or whatever that doesn’t mean the circuit board will last anywhere near that long! Which is a bad place to be after investing ~$200 in a security camera. This is such an easy and permanent fix. Cheers!
I had the same problem, but because I pay the seven dollars a month for the cloud recording, it comes with extended warranty on all ring devices at the same address, as long as you’re paying the monthly fee. Many people don’t know this but I think it’s a great deal to have all devices covered under warranty pretty much indefinitely. I called Ring, and they tested it remotely and shipped me a replacement device within a week.
Thank you for mentioning. I didn't knew that. I was paying $90 for 3 devices per year, and it's just $10 more to upgrade and have a pease of mind. Good to know.
Tk this helping me more i goi to call now
Still has warranty time limit,,
@@JackFish-nv1jjcorrect. This unit is no longer covered under ring warranty.
Thanks Casey, It worked like a Charm. I did it without your video and wired it wrong and the lights wouldn't shut off. I found your video and fixed it minutes!
Thanks for the video, same thing happened to me as soon as my 1 year warranty expired. I just fixed my floodlight cam today and just like you said it works 👍🏽👍🏽, Thanks!
Can you still do the dusk to dawn?? (Set up a light schedule ) On another video someone did a similar hack but the only feature that was lost was the dusk to dawn??
Hi Casey. I have a NEW question! One light is out on my Ring. I do not see any black dots on the LED diodes. Would a malfunctioning puck cause just one light to go out? I have printed your diagram, watched the wiring portion of your video multiple times, and made notes from all the comments listed below. So to simplify it for myself and make sure I understand the wiring before I tackle it, would you please review my notes and let me know if this is correct? Also, I always take pictures before I disconnect wires in any wiring project as I am a novice and find them useful to refer to.
Three green wires go together (1 from each light + 1 from house power).
Four white wires go together (1 from each light + 1 from camera + 1 house power).
Two black wires go together (1 from each light [one of these has a red wire crimped on it coming from the camera]).
Two DIFFERENT black wires go together (1 from camera + 1 house HOT power).
Thank you so much for your video and anticipated response (even though it has been three years!) I really look forward to getting this done.
@TheKansascinqs So sorry for the slow response. I prefaced through your understanding of the wiring and it appears correct. I will go back and re read the comment and update if anything is wrong.
@@DeckCoLandscape Thank you very much! One more quick question please... if the puck is the problem and I remove it, do I HAVE to replace the bulbs. So... the Ring bulbs can't handle the wattage without the "step-down" puck?
@TheKansascinqs yes you will overload the bulbs and blow them out. Rings leds are trash. Again i am on the third year since i did this viseo with the same bulbs!
Thank you so much and the wiring diagram saved me cuz I couldn’t keep up with your video 👍 this is so awesome !
Thank you for the video!!!! And thank for the link to the replacement camera!!
FYI people, if you are having trouble with the wire diagram- just simply look at the wiring on the replacement that is linked
do the lights go on with the censor or do they stay on the whole time?
Just want to say thanks for the video! Worked great and saved me lots of money from buying another Ring!
Your video was very helpful. We got lights back on and working without having to replace the whole thing. Thank you !!!
Do you have a link to the floodlight you or he purchased?
Awesome video. Thank you for doing the homework for the rest of us. Worked perfectly.
Thanks so much. I have just bought two of the ring floodlights. I liked the first one so much I got another. I didn't think about bulb replacement till seeing your video. The concept I like with the ring is all cameras need lots of light so the floodlights combined with the camera is a great idea. I like the siren option too. Im sold on the Ring system, so far has worked really beyond my expectations. Plus the $10 a month plan for alarm monitoring & camera feed to the cloud is great.
Thank you so much, I followed your instruction and fixed two of my ring floodlights.
Thank you so much, followed instructions and worked perfectly. Lights are brighter and better than the original. For those who didn’t understand the wiring (red from sensor and cam is connected to black from both lights only) then both black and white from sensor and cam connected to black and white from the house. Again thanks for the video, it was helpful.
I did the same but used the ring red wire to power a 120 volt coil relay the Normally open contacts are then used to close the black wire circuit providing power to the flood lights
what about two white wires from the light where connect to?
I just bought my ring flood light this video is going to help me out so much when it is Time to fix the lights thank you.
Excellent!! Thank you very much for investigating this and for teaching it. Impressed by your ingenuity 👍
Thank you for your kind sentiments!
Casey, thank you for this great video. I was just about ready to toss my Ring fixture and pony up another $250 to Ring. I followed your instructions using the housings from the Defiant Fixture from Home Depot (Model DFI-5412-WH). Entire cost was $27.97. I put two 150W Cree PAR38 LED Flood lights ($7.97 each) in and I have a MUCH brighter lighting solution. The Ring camera, siren, motion detector, and Ring App-controlled on/off features all work perfectly. This is a great "hack" even if your Ring LEDs are working. You get better lighting, easily replaceable LED bulbs and it looks as good or better as the original Ring Floodlight cam. BTW- the wiring diagram that you so kindly added is a must. Again, a million thanks.
All features still work?? The dusk til dawn?? How many lumens are your new led bulbs?? Are they the bright white?? Or same as Ring "yellowish color"??
@@kingstergaming7242 All features still work. New LED bulbs are Cree PAR38. They are equivalent to a 150W bulb. I went with the daylight color (yellowish tinted light).
Cool..thanks for the feedback bro.
I’ll be trying this soon
What's the max wattage for the replacement lights?
Great video, watched it twice, now I have my own Franken-Ring light.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I took care of mine yesterday, and everything works perfectly.
Hey there Casey, I really like what you've done and following this approach really made me happy. I did follow another video and replaced my LED's as described, however, I was not happy with the fact the functionality did not allow full use of the app. I only spent $25 for the LED's but totally liked the idea of having replaceable lights and I went for it. It was a breeze and you did a great job. All working like a charm. Thank you
of course water got into my unit and only one light works..bugs me! thanks for taking the time to pull this video and share- very much appreciated and I will certainly convert mine too.
Thanks for making the video. Helped me repair my 2 year old ring flood camera. Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks for taking the time and making the video. Your hack worked flawlessly.
Worked like a charm! Can't thank you enough for saving me $200+!!!! :)
Casey, thank you. It works and simple DIY.
Just followed your video and replaced my Ring lights. All systems are go. I took apart the "Ballast" and its no wonder they fail after a year or so. They filled the thing with silicon to help make it waterproof. Well, this is also a Power Supply converting 120 AC to 24 DC. Power supplies generate HEAT! Heat is very bad for electronic components as it breaks them down quickly. There are better ways to make this thing waterproof.
Great info, and thanks for taking your personal time to provide much needed info.
I just wish I could have seen the wiring process. The angle the camera was at, shielded the viewX
Nevertheless, great instruction!
i have a wiring diagram link provided. I didn't really have a way to show what i was looking at lol. thanks for the kind words!
Do you have a link to the floodlight you or he purchased?
Hi Casey thank you for your video very useful. I could not get those lights not available in UK. So i have modified with SANSI Dusk to Dawn Security Light with Motion Sensor, 27W 2700lm 5000K Daylight Outdoor IP65. From Amazon uk.
I took out the ring camera and replaced with motion sensor of the flood light. Works well.
The wiring as you mentioned the camera gets a hot(live) and neutral and gives out red live from the camera relay which need to power the lights with a common neutral. I used 27w light and works well.
Spoke to ring eventhough I have a basic contract they cannot replace the unit.
This is amazing, thank you, and the wiring diagram helps as well... 👍👍👍
Great research and execution. But maybe cause I am not standing there or have not had to do this yet, but wouldn't be easier to just change the ring camera over to the new base? Would be a lot less work and quicker fix.
Honestly it would be the same, and yes it could mount in place of the motions detector on the donor. so really it preference. Great observation!
Worked just as advertised! Thank you.
2 questions- Can you post a link to the exact bulb floodlight you bought? And what about the siren, does that work as well with your technique?
The link is in the comments everything works as it should but with replacable lights.
Can you link to which floodlight you purchased?
Thanks for this video. What's the circuit thing inside of the Ring Camera that you said that we might be able to purchase from eBay? Thanks!
This is awesome. Mine just went out recently. Thanks for sharing!!
Great video! One question is that if all we used from the new floodlight was the bulb housing, maybe we can get away with buying an even cheaper outdoor light fixture without the motion sensor?
I looked into that and most of the housings aren't the same. But yes If you could find one it certainly would work!
Does it need to be another motion-sensing unit, or can you buy any old floodlight unit as long as it has that knuckle?
Followed your instructions and worked like a charm - thanks so much!
Working great. Only thing I don’t like is the teeth on the new light are a little different from the original ones. But it should not get water directly on it any way. Might silicone it later.
@raymondroot6598 you are absolutely right! I knew right away they would try to distract people everyway they could. I am 4 years in and still going. Absolutely no changes since I posted video.
This video was awesome. Planning to do this today, did you not have to replace the ac/dc conversion puck?
removed entirely!
The trigger wire is 120v? The red wire looks thinner, how many amp or watts it can handle?
I feel like I might have wired mine wrong. I have never dealt with electrical stuff before so forgive me in my stupidity with it.
The camera works, but the lights do not. I have red wires on my lights not black, so I connected the red wire from the cam/sensor to the red wires from the lights.
Then I connected the 2 white light wires together, then I connected the white wire from the sensor to the white wire coming out of the house, then the black wire from sensor to the black wire from the house.
What am I missing/doing wrong?
Did you try turning the light on through the app?
Are you able to write up a more detailed guide on the wiring in the details page? This was a really awesome video!. I just got a little lost with which wires to connect to which especially at the end? Also, why do you no longer need the converter?
I have a schematic in the links pinned. The converter was used for the proprietary lighting which steps the voltage down. We want to use of the shelf light bulbs. Which the power out of camera relay is 120vac which is what is need for e27 lightbulbs
Thank you for the video! Saved me $200+!!
What fixture did you buy to fix this I have same issue
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Is the repaired floodlight still rainproof?
@A10011 Sorry for the delayed response, my friend. With what I picked 4 years ago, I didn't need to. But unfortunately, I know the quality of the shit they make now is likely the reason you're asking. Your answer, Yes perfectly waterproof.
Casey, I did as shown, however the lights stay on constantly and are not controlled by the app or motion. What did I do wrong?
its likely that you connected both wires going into camera/motion relay to power from house which would bypass the relay while still giving the lights constant power. Black wire (Hot) from house connects to one red wire and the the other red wire connects to Black wire to lights. Hope this helps!
@@DeckCoLandscape Ok, I have different new lights, that actually look exactly like the ones from ring. from each light, I have 3 wires, a white, a black, and a yellow w/green stripe, which I assumed was ground. so I hooked the yellows together to ground, and also assumed the red from the camera went to one light, the black to the other, and hooked all them together. how do I change it to right?
@@DeckCoLandscape should the black from the camera just go to house power, and the red go to the 2 blacks from the light? and are the yellow/green stripe truly ground?
@@DeckCoLandscape Ok, I have 3 wires from each light, black white and y/gs, and three from the ring, blk, red, white. I hooked all Whites together and to house neutral, tried this time 2 blacks from lights to red from camera, and black from camera to house hot, got same thing, lights on constant, but camera not working! am I to assume it should be black to black on lights and red to house hot?
@@DeckCoLandscape ok, tried it the other way, blk from camera to blacs from lights, red from camera to house hot no camera, no lights! im lost!
One thing to consider with this hack is that the switch leg wire coming off the ring motion sensor is very thin (22AWG). That means that the wire is not rated to power 2 120v lights off if it. If you’re going to do this I’d suggest you keep the bulb wattage on the lower end.
agreed. I still have this thing running without a hitch from the day I recorded this video.
What watt lamp did you use? The ones I bought didn't work but when I try 1 60 watt led it does
@@tinajsanta123 i used a 60watt equivalent led
I just bought 2 50 watt equivalent outdoor flood lights and nothing but when I use 2 60 Watt equivalent indoor lamps it works fine. Not sure why. Did you use indoor flood lights.
@@tinajsanta123 no they are outdoor rated. Did you verify that the bulbs actually work in another socket? My next question would be to check the voltage on red wire out of camera. some bulbs may have a lower input voltage requirement.
This is awesome! Finally I am into DIY and on top of it saved bunch of money 🙂
Whats the name/model of the doner kit? Amazon has a sale on the rings and I would love todo the upgrade before I install them. Thanks!
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Can you help me what do u do with the little wires. I tried blowing up video for the image but i cant really see how you have what wire goes were. And u dont really show it. I dont understand your xiagram either. Not good at this stuff. But i got my wires cut so i need to gef ig all wired. Please help!!!
Casey I have a couple of questions. First, if you need to buy the replacement led driver from ebay for the existing lights which are fine. Which one would you suggest. I can't seem to find one there or Amazon that can fit and have the 24-36vdc output. Second question is if your original lights are good, I can just remove the driver and rewire per your sketch, because the camera already has a built-in driver as well as each individual ring led light. Lastly, if yes what is the purpose of the hockey puck led driver? Seems somehow to be redundant.
remove entirely and disregard the puck. It will not work at all with this correction. Follow my steps and enjoy a life of bulbs that can be replaced!
some of them exist however that is not the motive behind this video. Amazon made a device that is propreitary (and frankly stupid) for their light bulbs. They failed. Follow my video and links to get a fully functioning ring camera with replacable lights！
So now I need to investigate the Ring Spotlight Cam . I wonder if that connects to existing floodlights thus avoiding all this work. I would need the existing to only turn on when the motion detector/ camera sees something. Do you have any experience with the Ring Spotlight camera?
i thought about this as well, though I don't have one I bet it would be as simple as a soldering some wires since it seems like it is the same unit!
Ok I am thinking of trying this but I do not see where to connect the wires I take off of the round booster any help with this
Casey, thanks for the great video share. My 1st generation flood took a crap a few weeks. I was able to isolate the flood lights and the ballast and plugged them directly into 110 VAC and they worked fine. I figured out the problem with my flood was the step down transformer that lives inside the camera housing was completely dead. There are numbers and a QR code on the transformer but, no information on the innerweb about purchasing a new one. Have you come across this problem yet?
I haven't opened the camera housing as when I was metering the wires it had 120v in and 120 out. Unless there is a newer version i am not aware of any transformer other than the LED ballast which clearly states on it 120v to 40v
@@DeckCoLandscape Thanks for the response, I physically opened the camera housing and there is a really small transformer in there. I'd like to purchase a new one but, they seem unavailable since there is ZERO information about them anywhere.
@@DeckCoLandscape I have a photo if you'd like to see it.
@@alexarnold174 I would, since I haven't opened the camera up!
@@alexarnold174 Also I bet that is for the camera!
I did the same thing except I added a 10 Amp relay in the base so it can actually run 250W lamps. I was a little concerned that someone may not use a LED lamp and burn the red wire up.
Okay I noticed about week ago one the flood lights was flickering then a week later both of them got very dim. I never thought about replacing the bulbs because one of the reason I got this unit was tg hat the bulbs has a life if 10years. Well doing some research I noticed everyone was having this issue I own this unit for about 2years. I live the unit I will give it a 5 star but because of the fact the bulbs goes out within a 2 year period and you can not replace the bulbs. I paid 249.99 plus tax if I knew at the time the bulbs could not be replaced I would have went another route. I follow the directions and get my unit back and running. Now if a bulb goes out I can just replace the bulb. I think Ring is wrong for this and need to redesign the unit. I can still control the lights from our phone and snap shot still comes up. Thank you so much for this I was already looking to see if this could be done. It too about 20 minutes
This is the exact information I was looking for. I want to hack mine to activate the coil of a 120VAC relay to turn on additional external non smart lights.
Where do you get the relay from. I don't agree with using the red 22 gauge wire to carry the current to burn two bulbs. The red wire should drive a relay circuit that powers the two bulbs. In the long run this sensor circuit may be overloaded if not for a relay.
Very well done Casey! Thank you for the video. I just redid mine but noticed that lights stay on all the time. Does your light turn on with motion?
yes, likely you have wired the hot from house to lights first. I have a wiring diagram posted. if wiring is correct relay could be bad. Check relay through app by turning light on and off.
Worked like a charm! Thanks!!!
I like the bulb idea because of availability and it works with the existing motion detector....and it saves me $249.00
I have the same problem. Led flood light is not working after 1 yr. Can you tell me what flood light model you bought on amazon?
Thanks for your help.
I posted the link below in a reply. Basically any inexpensive motion floodlight will work, just check the link so you can see the style.
Cheers mate, much appreciated!
Maybe dumb question - but basically you removed the AC-DV converter ballast. Dont even need it for the replacement bulbs?
Not an electrician but my assumption is that the lights that come with the Ring don't have a converter in each one, so that's why the ballast is there; but when you buy an LEB floodlight bulb they have it built-in to the bulb itself. So if you use this method to replace the Ring bulbs, using incandescent or halogen is no problem w/out the ballast, and using LED bulbs you purchase will have the ballast in them already.
If I'm wrong and someone else knows for sure, feel free to correct me.
Great video Casey...I just bought a new floodlight from Amazon but not opened and still within my 30 day return. Would be fantastic to get the old one fixed with your guide and get my money back. However, I can't seem to find the replacement bulbs in the UK unfortunately anywhere online. Do you happen to have a link to the 24v driver on ebay as you say or what I could search for to get the light bulb sockets for the replaceable lights.
Again fantastic video.
They are regular light bulbs my friend. I dont know how you wouldn't have known different.
@@DeckCoLandscape sorry I meant the actual ring driver you took out of your unit not the light bulb you replaced.
Cheers.
I added a wiring diagram. Link in the description, Thank for watching!
Just this video will help people in many many years, nice video nice man. Thank you very much.
Casey, will you link the replacement light fixture you bought...I cant make out what it acutely what it is? Thanks
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So what happens ,the oower reducer puck is not needed ??
Goes in the trash. It is not needed.
Does this fix also work with ring's latest wired floodlight cam models the "wired plus" and "pro" as well?
I would bet it would. I have not opened one of them up to verify. But most motion floods use the same type of wiring.
Not sure what amp the relay is so just used one instead of two
The wires that goes to the sensor are smaller guage is it safe to run them with the two bulbs?
I would stay in the LED class of bulbs TBH, Mine has had no issues since this installation and is still running strong!
The only downside with this modification is installing a high watt light bulbs and putting too much current through the relay. I wonder what kind of current passes through the relay in the original LED load.
I threw the led ballast out but it said the input and output voltages right on the top of it. Mostly the reason I used a bulb with the same lumins and power draw. Since the bulbs them self have the ballasts in them it should be any different.
I have yet to purchase a floodlight camera combo. Is there a model out there that allows easy bulb replacement.
No there isn't one, and it is very much intentionally.
what model did you get from amazon for your replacenent???
any inexpensive motion flood light will work.
Great video
This just happened to me and there tech support was so freakin nice to offer me a 35% discount! I refuse to purchase another Foodlight after only having this Light/Cam for 1 year and 4 months. Im going to take it down and see if your fix will solve this issue thank you, Ill post an update when its done.
Hi. the Ring cam I have got different wiring from the one you showed . Mine got three wires coming from the lights red.black and gray but the three wires coming from cam and motion are black red and white also the balast is different. I disconnected the balast and connected black wire from house to black from cam then all whites together and red to black from new lights . After powering the lights came one but its saying cam is offline . Any suggestions
What color wire from camera was attached to ballast, that is the wire that would be connected to the black wires from lights. you mentioned a grey wire which would likely be ground. disconnect the lights and connect the white and black from camera to house. Return power and verify if camera is online, if it is not then connect the black from house to red wire and check again. (White will always be common)
@@DeckCoLandscape thank you for your reply ...wires coming from cam are red .black .white connecting to balast then three wires coming out of balast to lights red.black and gray .wires from lights are red.blavk and gray... I disconnect lights and tried black to house nothing happens then tried red to house also nothing happens . I think cam is shot
Forgot to mention that the wires that out of the balast to house are black .white .green
it may be, however the ballast should be removed, but if the camera never came online or powered up the camera may very well be bad.
also did you check the wiring to the diagram I posted in the link?
Thanks for this video
Casey I was able to follow and the lights cut on from switch but stay on. Should they go off and come on if some is in front of the motion sensor under the ring
One of 2 things here. First i believe you might have ran the house power straight to the lights and not to camera motion. if that isn't the case then check the ring app for functionality toggle the light on or off from app. If it not functioning through app (not connected or what not) it is wired incorrectly. If everything is wired right then you have a bad camera/motion relay
Its an easy assembly. Two wires from the lamps and a single wire to the camera..each side rite? Replace done.
yes it is quite easy, in fact i recorded the whole process unedited to show how long it takes. under 15 mins!
Did this today.. it works except no sound now. No siren, can't hear anything and can't talk through the camera. Otherwise the lights work and it records.
so that white box is more or less the led driver for the two lamps?
yes a ballast per se
After two years are they still working ? Mine just died out
yes it is still working.
Worked for thanks! 😊
Great video…..thanks!!!!
We bought the camera less then a month and first the lights weren't working and now the camera is not working. I hoped was going to be waterproof but there is water everywhere in the camera and inside the lights and all this time it only rained 3 times. So this cameras are not waterproof you have to put them somewhere where they are covered
Wow I did it and works great thank you
The power of kam 220 or 24???
Can you share a link where to find the replacement?
What's the model number, I can't see which one from the video, please reply I desperately need to replace mine, I caught some really cool and the stupid camera light doesn't work so I can't get a clear pic of what it was
It was a patriot brand motion flood. there wasn't anything particularly different from any of the lower priced motion flood options as they will work by either swapping the camera with the motion or doing like I showed in the video.