topic Does Arlo Pro 3 recover automatically from cold? in Arlo Pro 3

Does Arlo Pro 3 recover automatically from cold?

HannuT — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 08:47:58 GMT

Hi,

After temperature dropped to -25C the cameras stopped working.

Will they recover themself when temperature raises?

Cameras are running with charger and batteries are in.

This is big issue for me as the cameras are at my cabin and there are no-one to reset them after each cold period.

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Re: Does Arlo Pro 3 recover automatically from cold?

jguerdat — Sun, 27 Dec 2020 14:17:30 GMT

Yes, recovery is automatic when temps rise above ~-20C.

Re: Does Arlo Pro 3 recover automatically from cold?

HannuT — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 07:31:10 GMT

Excellent 🙂

one more about the recovery:

I have yellow triangle on the charging symbol. I take that means the battery is not charging?

Being an outdoor camera I find this bit strange.

Using them in e.g Nordics where temperature will be few months below 0C and cold will reduce the battery time make these not so suitable to our climate.

Re: Does Arlo Pro 3 recover automatically from cold?

jguerdat — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:18:28 GMT

Li-ion batteries have charging issues below freezing. Arlo disables charging then to protect the batteries. However, they should still last a long time (months) depending on your usage (total recording and live view time). I'm in more moderate cold temps with a couple of solar panels that won't charge below freezing but the batteries haven't needed to be charged in a long time.