topic Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro in Arlo Pro 2

Cold Weather Issue With The Arlo Pro

Willhunting264 — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 21:37:53 GMT

Got down to -20 and cameras don’t work. Anyone have a solution? Do those skins work?

Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro

jguerdat — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 01:46:41 GMT

The skins would only slightly slow down the cooling. If plugged into AC power, enough heat may be generated to keep things working but you'd have to test.

Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro

Willhunting264 — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:15:38 GMT

Need to invent a cover to keep it some what warm. There has to be something the makers of Arlo could do for ppl that live in the north.

Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro

jguerdat — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:18:52 GMT

The Q cameras are indoors-only but work through glss so you can put them in a window and still get the coverage you need in many cases.

Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro

Willhunting264 — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:19:52 GMT

Q cameras?

Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro

jguerdat — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:21:07 GMT

Use the Products menu at the top here to check them out.

Re: Cold Weather Issue with Arlo Pro

Willhunting264 — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 02:24:54 GMT

The company needs to come up with a cold weather solution. Thank u for the advice.

Cold Weather Issue With The Arlo Pro

AncientGeek — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 21:39:13 GMT

@Willhunting264 wrote:
Got down to -20 and cameras don’t work. Anyone have a solution? Do those skins work?

The skins do help a lot if the camera is in the sun, but not at night or in the shade. I have found my cameras will charge in the sun with skins on and ambient temps are in the teens. Charging normally shuts off at 32°F. The black skins absorb the solar radiation and warm the camera slightly. I assume the skins will help keep the camera running at extremely low temps as well.

To achieve consistent low temperature operation in all lighting conditions, a camera needs to be powered by wires (Direct or POE). Even electric cars are challenged by extremely low temps and have to expend some energy keeping the batteries warm.