topic Re: Flood light constant power in Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight

Flood light constant power

macnmore — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:11:21 GMT

I'm looking at replacing the Arlo Pro 2 camera I have that covers the driveway and 4 way stop at our house. Right now It's on the 2nd floor of our house and I've hard-wired it through the wall to have constant power. With the flood light, I won't be able to do this right? I tried the solar panel before hard wiring and it was a failure. The camera would constantly die and I had to get my ladder out to charge it every couple days. It was like the solar panel wasn't even there.

Re: Flood light constant power

StephenB — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:38:51 GMT

@macnmore wrote:

I'm looking at replacing the Arlo Pro 2 camera I have that covers the driveway and 4 way stop at our house. Right now It's on the 2nd floor of our house and I've hard-wired it through the wall to have constant power. With the flood light, I won't be able to do this right?

No. You can, but you'll need to hard-wire it with the outdoor charger (9 volts).

@macnmore wrote:

I tried the solar panel before hard wiring and it was a failure. The camera would constantly die and I had to get my ladder out to charge it every couple days. It was like the solar panel wasn't even there.

I've seen some recent issues reported here with the Pro 2 panel - don't know what's going on there.

That said, if there is a lot of camera activity (perhaps masked by activity zones), the panels can't keep up.

Re: Flood light constant power

Dannybear — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 06:09:31 GMT

Just to add further, ensure you have the correct panel from arlo, third party solar panels can drain the battery outside of daylight. I suspect that the cable contains a back stop.