topic Re: Battery Drain on Arlo Camera in Arlo

Battery Drain on Arlo Camera

dbenn — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:08:59 GMT

I have 4 cameras, so record 20 -30 videos a day and some record none. All 4 Cameras will drain the batteries in about 2 weeks. These cameras have been in the same location for 3 years as has the base station. The last time they drained I was out of town and one of the cameras had 0 recordings for that period. This has happened the last 3 times that I have put batteries in the cameras. 4 cameras x 4 batteries, I am using 16 cr123a batteries every two weeks! Curiously this starting happening around the time I switched from the paid subscription to the 7 day free plan, although it could be a coincideance. Help please I cannot buy 16 batteries every 2 weeks.

Re: Battery Drain on Arlo Camera

jguerdat — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:06:41 GMT

Some folks have this issue and I know of no solution for this other than to purchase rechargeable batteries (Tenergy has a system approved by Netgear). I have original wireless as well as Pro and Pro 2 cameras and have no such problems but that doesn't help you. A brute force approach could be to remove all devices from Settings, My Devices and start fresh. No idea if this will help but it's better than a sharp stick in the eye.

Re: Battery Drain on Arlo Camera

Russell72 — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:13:14 GMT

The camera is the problem. I have a DC power supply connected to the camera and it will show battery drain

when the voltage is correct. I turn the supply off and back on and the power is back at 100%. You might try

opening the battery cover to disconnect power and close it back to see if battery charge is back.