Do You Need an Electrician to Install eufy?

• Floodlight Camera E340, UK page: outside North America, installation and wiring 'must be performed by a licensed electrician'
• Floodlight Camera E340 user guide: shut off the power at the breaker, 'Do not use a dimmer switch or timer for this product' and 'Properly ground fixture'
• Floodlight Cam 2 Pro: eufy 'highly recommends' a qualified electrician if you fit its junction box yourself
• Video Doorbell E340 quick start guide: 'If you're not comfortable installing it yourself, have a qualified electrician to do it.'
• eufy's UK blog, on wiring a doorbell camera to an existing chime: 'You don't need a professional electrician for this.'

• A complete new circuit run from the consumer unit
• Replacing the consumer unit, or fitting a new one
• Any addition or alteration in a special location: around a bath or shower, up to 2.25 m from the floor and 0.6 m out from the bath or tray, or in a room with a swimming pool or sauna heater

• Nothing: battery and solar cameras such as the eufyCam S3 Pro, eufyCam S4 and SoloCam S340, the C30 doorbell, alarm sensors
• A plug: the HomeBase S380 and Mini on their adapters, Chime 2, the MiniBase Chime, indoor cameras and the NVR's power supply
• Extra-low voltage: a doorbell on the existing bell wire, and PoE cameras on Ethernet from an NVR such as the S4 Max
• The 230 V side: a new bell transformer, the Floodlight Camera E340, or an outdoor socket for a plug-in camera

• The circuit isolated and proved dead with a tester, not just switched off at the wall
• An earth at the old light, as eufy asks for a grounded fitting; some older London lighting circuits have none, and that is put right first
• No timer, dimmer or PIR sensor left on the supply, because eufy's guide forbids a dimmer or timer on the E340
• RCD protection, and a circuit in good enough order to take the new fitting
• A sound weatherproof box behind it: the 'UL-listed' junction box in eufy's FAQ is a North American safety listing, so the pro uses an enclosure suited to outdoor use here and wires to BS 7671

• A new circuit for a floodlight, outdoor socket or camera supply where no existing circuit can take it
• A doorbell transformer given its own new way in the consumer unit, which JACK treats as a new circuit
• A consumer unit replacement, even one needed only to make room for a new circuit
• Anything within the bath or shower zones; a camera has no place in a bathroom in any case

• The outside light, close up and from the ground, and the switch, sensor or timer that runs it
• The consumer unit, photographed with its cover shut, so the pro can read the breaker labels and see whether there is an RCD
• For a flat or a rental, the freeholder's or landlord's written go-ahead; a landlord should also be given a copy of any certificate afterwards

A vetted pro prices your job from the eufy model, photos of where each device goes and what power is there now, and the JACK app shows you that fixed price before you book.

The power and the walls move the price more than the device does. A battery doorbell on a brick reveal, or a SoloCam on a fence post, is a smaller job. An S4 Wired doorbell on a new transformer, a HomeBase moved to the middle of the house with a hard drive fitted, a Floodlight Camera E340 in place of an outside light, or four PoE cameras cabled through solid brick and a loft all take longer, and the price reflects that.

The eufy kit is yours to buy, since JACK sells no devices. A stronger transformer, a Chime 2, a wedge, a floodlight's weatherproof box or extra Cat cable is agreed with you and added at cost before you book, and several devices go on one booking for one price. Where parking has to be paid for, that is added at cost and agreed before you book too.

Prefer to pay for time? As a guide, smart home work is typically £45–£95 per hour, and electrical work such as a floodlight camera £55–£110 per hour. For a multi-camera system or a PoE NVR, a full-day booking is a flat £350–£400 for up to 8 hours on site.