How to Replace a Lamp Socket with Ace Hardware Posted: Nov 16, 2015 / 09:21 AM CST Updated: Nov 16, 2015 / 09:21 AM CST This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

How the Wyze Lamp Socket v2 works The smart home tech company's socket powers your Wyze camera using your outdoor light's electricity. You can control the light using the Wyze mobile app.

Second of two parts Most lamps are built pretty much the same way. Quarter-inch threaded tubing travels from the base of the light socket to the bottom of the lamp. The tubing screws into the socke… ...

Wyze’s product page also notes that while the Lamp Sockets can be used outdoors, they are not weather- or water-resistant, meaning they’re best used under an eave or in an outdoor light fixture.

With help from a connected Wyze camera, the Wyze Lamp Socket can turn on an outdoor bulb when the cam detects motion. Also new from Wyze: a solar panel.

When combined with the Wyze Cam v3, this socket allows your outdoor lights to become smart lights. As Wyze puts it, the socket provides the camera with power, while the camera gives the lights ...

LaView’s light-socket-based solution would be clever—if it was a good security camera. Simply replace the bulb in any outdoor wall sconce or lamp pole in the yard with the LaView L2 to get ...

The trick is using Wyze’s $20 Lamp Socket, a screw-in adapter for a standard outdoor light socket that allows you to connect and power a nearby Wyze security camera as well as screw in a regular ...