topic Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed in Arlo Pro 3

Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

Dani82 — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 07:24:07 GMT

Hej.
I installed my arlo pro 3 yesterday and I have two issues with it. One when pressing siren in the app, Nothing happens.

And second, yesterday I had 53 % battery. And today it dropped like a stone to below 10% the thing is that it is not even that cold. +10c what is the issue?

Thanks

/dani

Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

michaelkenward — Sun, 03 Nov 2019 13:11:52 GMT

@Dani82 wrote:

And second, yesterday I had 53 % battery. And today it dropped like a stone to below 10% the thing is that it is not even that cold. +10c what is the issue?

Battery use depends on what the cameras are doing. Lots of triggers will eat the juice.

During set up you are likely to be doing things that cause a lot of traffic.

New batteries also take time to bed in. It may take a few charging cycles for them to reach capacity.

Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

StephenB — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 14:37:24 GMT

@michaelkenward wrote:

Battery use depends on what the cameras are doing. Lots of triggers will eat the juice.

Another common cause of rapid drain is camera resyncing. When the camera loses touch with the base, it will search for it - which will drain battery pretty quickly if it happens often.

Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

JamesC — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 17:05:24 GMT

Dani82,

When you attempt to activate the siren, are you following the instructions listed here: How do I turn the siren on my Arlo Ultra or Arlo Pro 3 camera on or off?

JamesC

Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

Dani82 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:02:35 GMT

Hej. i charged it up to full two days ago again. and now it is down to 1% again and it have not trigged more than 2-3 times. i have two other camera in similar setup and they have lost close to nothing. Im suspecting a faulty battery.

Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

Dani82 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 07:19:48 GMT

It are sitting in same area that 2 other cameras some even further away. and the reception bar indicated is 2 out of 3

Re: Siren not activating on Arlo pro 3 when button pressed

michaelkenward — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 10:31:59 GMT

@Dani82 wrote:

i have two other camera in similar setup and they have lost close to nothing. Im suspecting a faulty battery.

Sounds like a good theory.

Try swapping the batteries between cameras and see if that changes which one drains.

That will show if it is the battery or the camera.

Don't forget that bit can take a few charging cycles for batteries to settle down. But what you see does seem abnormal.