eufy Floodlight Camera Installation in London

• The UK has no electrician's licence. What English law controls is notifiable work under Part P: a new circuit, a new or replacement consumer unit, or work near a bath or shower
• Swapping an existing outside light for a floodlight camera on the same circuit is a replacement, and outdoor additions to existing circuits have not been notifiable since 6 April 2013, so a competent person may do it, to BS 7671
• eufy's line is the maker's own condition and is stricter than the law. If you want to follow it to the letter, an electrician registered with a competent person scheme can do the wiring, and a JACK pro can set up the camera and app afterwards
• A new circuit from the consumer unit to feed the floodlight is notifiable: that needs a registered electrician, and JACK does not book it as part of the job

• A working earth at the light: eufy's guide says to 'properly ground' the fixture, and some older London lighting circuits have no earth conductor at all, which rules a floodlight out until one is run
• No dimmer or timer on the feed: eufy's guide says 'do not use a dimmer switch or timer for this product', so an old security light's timer or a dimmer comes out of the circuit
• The switch indoors: the camera needs power all the time, so a wall switch is left on, or the pro arranges a permanent feed
• RCD protection on the lighting circuit, and whether that circuit is in good enough condition to work on
• The wall at about 2.44 m, the height eufy recommends for up to 12 m of motion detection, and whether a ladder can stand safely below it
• Wi-Fi at the wall: the E340 is dual-band, so it can use 5 GHz where that reaches, and 2.4 GHz usually gets through brick where 5 GHz does not

• Floodlight Camera E30 (T8426): the same mains supply, junction-box fixing, 2,000 lumens and 24/7 recording as the E340, now sold out on eufy's UK store
• Floodlight Cam 2 Pro (T8423), whose accessories eufy's UK store now lists under Floodlight Cam S330: hardwired at 110–240 V, 3,000 lumens, 2.4 GHz only and mounted no higher than 3 m; EU packs include a junction box, and where there is no junction box to fit it to, eufy 'highly recommends' a qualified electrician
• Floodlight Cam 2K (T8422 and T8424): a HomeBase 3 stores their video but cannot run its BionicMind recognition on them
• Floodlight Cam 1080p (T8420): eufy lists it as not compatible with HomeBase 3, though the T8420X version can store video on one

• A spur from an existing circuit, away from a bathroom, is not notifiable in England; the pro will tell you whether your circuit can take it and what the cable route involves
• A new circuit from the consumer unit is notifiable: it needs a registered electrician, and JACK does not book it as part of a floodlight job
• Or choose a camera that needs no mains: the S4 4K Solar Wall Light Camera and the Solar Wall Light Cam S120 run on battery and solar

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.