topic Re: Battery Drained after 2 months, not much motion and recording detected in Arlo

Battery Drained after 2 months, not much motion and recording detected

korn_bo2 — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:18:50 GMT

Hi,

I recently replaced my arlo batteries with energizer CR123, all original ones and purchased from a hardware shop here in Sydney. I noticed that my battery after 2 months is almost drained or about to go into low battery.

I'm pretty sure there was not a lot of motion detection or recordings during this period. Is this an issue or anything I can check? Has anyone encountered this issue before?

Thanks

Re: Battery Drained after 2 months, not much motion and recording detected

jguerdat — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:55:38 GMT

Live viewing also gets in there - do you use it much? The other likely candidate is WiFi strength and/or interference. How's the signal strength percentage in Settings, My Devices? Are there other 2.4GHz devices nearby ( wireless phones, microwave ovens, neighbors' equipment, etc.)?

Re: Battery Drained after 2 months, not much motion and recording detected

TomMac — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:53:25 GMT

As mentioned, more than one thing can effect battery life....

There are also three settings for batteries... Best video, Optimized, and Best Battery will / can make a little difference.

Live view and recording use the same power... detection mode little and sleep mode ( off) almost none.

But remember, that to reach the life mentioned with battereis, the spec usage is < 5 mins per day.