topic Re: Short outdoor charging cable in Arlo Pro 3

Short outdoor charging cable

Roald — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:56:41 GMT

I have 4 Pro 3 cameras that will be mounted outside, less than 2 feet from the outlet and the shortest charging cord I can find anywhere is 6 feet. Is there a place to get a shorter cord? Please help.

Short outdoor charging cable

Roald — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 02:58:44 GMT

I have four Pro 3 cameras that will be mounted outside, each less than 2 feet from their outlet and the shortest outdoor charging cord I can find anywhere is 6 feet. Is there a place to get a shorter cord? Please help.

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

JamesC — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 19:43:48 GMT

Roald,

8ft is the shortest charging cable available. For more information on accessories, take a look here: Arlo Products and Accessories

JamesC

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

Vic12 — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 17:06:04 GMT

check this 30ft charging cable on Amazon

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

ddavtian5 — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 07:23:28 GMT

OP is asking for shorter than 6 feet cable. What's the point to link 30 feet one?

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

Roald — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 14:11:29 GMT

Thanks, was going to ask the same thing on the 30ft post. Seriously don't understand why it's so hard to find outdoor cables of different (short) length for these cameras. Maybe just not enough market size to justify production. Might just have to live with the 6 ft one even though I only need 1-2 ft.

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

MidnightLeRoy — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 02:34:46 GMT

I'm having the same issue. I am building a house and have power outlets installed at the location that each external camera will be positioned. I can not find any cables shorter than 8 feet. Could OP provide link to the 6' cable they have found please.

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

StephenB — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:49:29 GMT

@MidnightLeRoy wrote:

I'm having the same issue. I am building a house and have power outlets installed at the location that each external camera will be positioned. I can not find any cables shorter than 8 feet. Could OP provide link to the 6' cable they have found please.

Arlo indoor cables for the Pro-3 cameras are 8 feet, and the outdoor charger with the integrated cable is 25 feet. https://www.arlo.com/en-us/accessories.pro3.pro4

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

dcfox1 — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:57:56 GMT

I believe he was asking the OP @Roald who said he saw a 6 foot cable. James C did say 8 foot was the shortest.

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

StephenB — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:50:18 GMT

@dcfox1 wrote:

James C did say 8 foot was the shortest.

So he did. I've revised my post accordingly.

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

Roald — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:00:10 GMT

Sorry for the slow response. I think the 6 ft outdoor cable I was originally referring to was this one on Target's website. After more thought I determined that even this is too long so I had to scrap my dream to hard power all my outdoor cameras. For now I have to rely on the batteries, which stinks. Whether 6 or 8 ft, it will not look good at all in my particular case with that much excess cable just coiled up and hanging nearby.

Re: Short outdoor charging cable

StephenB — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 17:00:23 GMT

@Roald wrote:
I think the 6 ft outdoor cable I was originally referring to was this one on Target's website.

This is third-party (Wasserstein).

@Roald wrote:
Whether 6 or 8 ft, it will not look good at all in my particular case with that much excess cable just coiled up and hanging nearby.

Yeah, that is an issue, especially with the Arlo outdoor charger (which has the cable integrated into the adapter). It would be good if there were more options (including a better approach to cable pulling through walls).

It's possible to cobble something together (cutting a cable, and resplicing it - or attaching in-line weatherproof connectors). But not something Arlo has (or anyone else AFAIK).