topic Re: 48E35A7GA04EF battery life in Features

48E35A7GA04EF battery life

MarioCruz — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 03:11:17 GMT

Hi, I have my cameras for a week on my restaurante and the batteries are already off!! It was supposed to last 6 months!! Is it possible to program the cameras to work only when I check the camras on the mobile app in order to save battery life? or do I need to disarm and arm every time I want to check? thanks

I have to wireless cameras on a restaurante with 190sqm

Re: 48E35A7GA04EF battery life

Schorschi — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:56:18 GMT

How many videos clips have you recorded? What is the total length of video recording? A lot of videos per day will use up the battery fast.

What is the distance between camera and base station? A long distance will use more battery power, because the camera has to work harder to connect to the base station.

Nominal use-case for the Arlo wireless cameras is a four-minute video clip per day. It will last 4-6 months then. If you have more than that, your camera won't last that long.

Re: 48E35A7GA04EF battery life

jguerdat — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:11:58 GMT

MarioCruz wrote:
Hi, I have my cameras for a week on my restaurante and the batteries are already off!! It was supposed to last 6 months!! Is it possible to program the cameras to work only when I check the camras on the mobile app in order to save battery life? or do I need to disarm and arm every time I want to check?

You certainly can do this. In the Mode tab, select your system and then click on Disarmed. Now you won't record anything - you'll need to use Live View to check on things as well as to record anything.

As noted previous, the batteries will run down quickly if recording a lot. The same is true of using live view too much. You can work with your modes, rules and schedule to allow it to work for you but remember the 4 minutes per day to get the best battery life.