Honest battery usage question for high traffic area

Drake3287 — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:10:04 GMT

I currently have two outside Pro camera's, one at the front porch running off battery power and gets about 6 to 8 activations per day, battery life seems to be very good at this rate. Stilll on it's first charge after 2 months of use. My second camera is mounted above my garage door looking out over the driveway/front yard and get's anywhere from a dozen to two dozen activations (30 secound recordings) per day. This one is hard wired into an outlet so battery usage is'nt an issue.

I was hoping to get a third camera that would also cover my front yard/walkway area but this camera would have to powered by battery only. My question is, if this camera also get's 1 to 2 dozen activations per day, will I be changing out batteries once a week or so? Anyone have experience with a high usage camera running off battery power? What's a real world usage for this type of set up?

Like other's, I'm planning to buy a solar panel for this future camera when they become availabe.

Thanks!

Re: Honest battery usage question for high traffic area

jguerdat — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 18:00:24 GMT

Spec usage is 5 minutes of recording and live viewing per day. You could adjust your recording time to try to keep in that time or less and/or change your camera view so you don't get as many recordings.

I'd think, based on your description, that the battery would probably average needing a charge once a month. It just all depends...

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Honest battery usage question for high traffic area

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