topic Arlo Baby uses up the battery so quickly when not plugged in and turned off in Arlo Baby https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Baby/Arlo-Baby-uses-up-the-battery-so-quickly-when-not-plugged-in-and/m-p/1767004#M5744 <P>Hi all<BR /><BR />My arlo baby uses up the battery so quick when it is not plugged in even if I have turned it off. Am I doing something wrong or is it faulty? Alison there is a little switch underneath im not sure what this does?</P> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:07:14 GMT Becki247 2020-04-20T22:07:14Z Arlo Baby uses up the battery so quickly when not plugged in and turned off https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Baby/Arlo-Baby-uses-up-the-battery-so-quickly-when-not-plugged-in-and/m-p/1767004#M5744 <P>Hi all<BR /><BR />My arlo baby uses up the battery so quick when it is not plugged in even if I have turned it off. Am I doing something wrong or is it faulty? Alison there is a little switch underneath im not sure what this does?</P> Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:07:14 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Baby/Arlo-Baby-uses-up-the-battery-so-quickly-when-not-plugged-in-and/m-p/1767004#M5744 Becki247 2020-04-20T22:07:14Z Re: Battery life https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Baby/Arlo-Baby-uses-up-the-battery-so-quickly-when-not-plugged-in-and/m-p/1767013#M5745 <P>the battery on the Baby is rated at about 6 hrs in day and 3 hrs at night....</P> <P>( at night the IR illumination is on )</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The battery, IMO, is just a short term backup if power goes out.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The switch turns on/off the battery</P> Sun, 19 Apr 2020 11:15:25 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo-Baby/Arlo-Baby-uses-up-the-battery-so-quickly-when-not-plugged-in-and/m-p/1767013#M5745 TomMac 2020-04-19T11:15:25Z