topic Re: PRO 3 SOLAR PANEL in Arlo Pro 3

PRO 3 SOLAR PANEL

FlyDiva2017 — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 16:45:39 GMT

PLEASE HELP!!! Purchased 2 solar panels from Best Buy about a month ago, both are in full SUN locations, sometimes they work other days they don’t, batteries get down to 20%~37% before it starts to recharge, if that, do I have 2 duds, Why is this happening?

Re: PRO 3 SOLAR PANEL

dcfox1 — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:26:54 GMT

They are just a trickle charger unlike AC so if you have a lot of activity it may have trouble keeping up. If they are in the shade certain times of the day or a cloudy day that will effect the charge. I have one in full sun most most the day and does keep up but when cloudy for more then a day I lose some charge and it may take a while to charge back up depending on the drain. I would bring them in and fully charge them then see how it keeps up.

Re: PRO 3 SOLAR PANEL

StephenB — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:12:31 GMT

@dcfox1 wrote:

I have one in full sun most most the day and does keep up but when cloudy for more then a day I lose some charge and it may take a while to charge back up depending on the drain.

That's my experience also (with an Ultra camera). Even with the panel, I do need to bring the camera inside every now and then to recharge it. Though that is mostly in the winter - the camera won't charge if there's an extended cold snap.