topic Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes in Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight

Battery died in security light and now strobes

Glackowitz — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:32:14 GMT

Battery died in security light and now it wants to strobe when a full battery is inserted or plugged into charge cable. Has been working fine until now. Any way to reset or is it junked and toss it?

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

StephenB — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:39:54 GMT

@Glackowitz wrote:
Battery died in security light and now it wants to strobe when a full battery is inserted or plugged into charge cable. Has been working fine until now. Any way to reset or is it junked and toss it?

Did you check the flash setting?

If it is set to "off", try setting it to "fast" or "slow", and then set it back.

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

Glackowitz — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:21:24 GMT

Can’t get to settings as it’s offline since battery died. The second power is applied via battery or charge cord it starts strobing. It’s a fast strobe…3-4 flashes a second non stop until power is removed

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

StephenB — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:36:12 GMT

@Glackowitz wrote:
Can’t get to settings as it’s offline since battery died. The second power is applied via battery or charge cord it starts strobing. It’s a fast strobe…3-4 flashes a second non stop until power is removed

I suggest charging it back up, and then check the settings.

You might also need to remove the light from your account and set it up again (which I know is a pain).

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

Glackowitz — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:00:59 GMT

I removed light from system but it’s still stuck in strobing mode. Tried to add it back but I can’t get to the setup on the camera. Just strobes.

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

JamesC — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 16:16:00 GMT

Glackowitz,

Try factory resetting your floodlight and then add it back to your account and test to see if you still experience the same behavior.

You can factory reset by pressing and holding the sync button until the LED flashes amber and the camera reboots. After the reset, setup the camera using the Arlo mobile app as if it were new.

JamesC

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

Glackowitz — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:58:26 GMT

No go on the reset, held it several times, from 15 seconds to 5 minutes. Just flashes rapidly and won’t stop until battery is dead or power removed with no battery. I think it’s junked. Going to rip it open and check it out and then toss it.

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

StephenB — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 12:11:15 GMT

@JamesC wrote:

You can factory reset by pressing and holding the sync button until the LED flashes amber and the camera reboots. After the reset, setup the camera using the Arlo mobile app as if it were new.

This appears to be the original Arlo Light, not the newer Pro 3 Floodlight.

I've seen info on how to reset the Arlo Bridge, but nothing on how to reset the light.

Re: Battery died in security light and now strobes

Glackowitz — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 05:56:49 GMT

I have given up, going to toss it. Nothing seems to be working to fix it. Now cameras are acting up. One has managed to record over 1000 clips of nothing and used up the freshly charged battery in under a week.