topic Re: Battery dies after 2 days in Arlo Pro 2

Battery dies after 2 days

Bobbykenpo — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 21:28:49 GMT

Purchased set of 4 arlo pro wireless cameras just a few months ago for my business..... from the research I had done online I was expecting the batteries to last weeks before needed to be recharged. Not even close! These things are brand new and I have to recharge them every few days. The ones in more high traffic areas I have to charge evey day or ever other day. Not what I was expecting.

Re: Battery dies after 2 days

jguerdat — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:14:04 GMT

Spec battery life is stated as <5 minutes total recording and/or live viewing per day. High traffic is beyond normal expectations. Use of AC power would be needed to eliminate the problem.

Re: Battery dies after 2 days

Bobbykenpo — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:43:15 GMT

Thank you for fast response..... I am trying to figure out how to plug the high traffic area cameras into a power source. The reason I purchased the very expensive battery powered cameras was because there is no power source where I need them . Can you possibly give me some tips on how to set them up so the battery will last longer?

Re: Battery dies after 2 days

jguerdat — Sun, 16 Jun 2019 10:33:16 GMT

The only things to do are to eliminate any false triggers (you'd likely need to change the motion sensitivity and/or camera positioning to do this), reduce the resolution (Settings, My Devices, your camera, Video Settings) and reduce the recording time (10 seconds minimum). ANd no live viewing.