topic Re: Bought new batteries and camera still shows 2% and won’t sync. in Arlo

Bought new batteries and camera still shows 2% and won’t sync.

Ppruneda — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:48:08 GMT

Bought new batteries and camera still shows 2% and won’t sync.

jguerdat — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:48:21 GMT

Reboot the base. Remove the batteries and reinsert lightly - don't push them down. Let the battery door do the pushing.

Re: Bought new batteries and camera still shows 2% and won’t sync.

joje12 — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:24:52 GMT

What kind of batteries did you buy?

I'm using rechargeable batteries and get a low percentage reading because I think the cell coltage is lower compared to one time use batteries. So in essence, the battery level reading gets wrong since they are always based on voltage level and a cetain battery chemistry is asumed.

I'm using these batteries with good results. Camera has been running since January 1st on these:

https://www.wyfy.se/sv/batterier/rechargable-cr123a-1-pack.html

Re: Bought new batteries and camera still shows 2% and won’t sync.

jguerdat — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 20:20:42 GMT

Rechargeables need to be two things:

1) Have built-in circuitry to prevent over-charging and over-current.

2) Are 3.7v lithium-ion.