Solar Panel - Arlo Essential

[Mmaxwell]

Has anyone else had trouble with the solar panel draining the charge from the camera? I have charged my camera twice in the last 2 days to full because the solar panel hasn't been charging it and both times the battery is drained within 4h of plugging it back into the solar panel

[FC_Arlo]

Just bought 3 cameras (Essential 2) with solar cells and installed. One of the cameras drained from a full charge to totally dead within 3 hours of nightfall.  There were 0 zero motion detected events after dark and prior to battery draining. 

It's on the west side of the house which gets a LOT of sun and gets quite hot with the sun on it. The camera is not in direct sun but the panel is. 

I suspect that the panel drained the battery for some reason once it lost enough light for charging. 

[StephenB]

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@FC_Arlo wrote:

I suspect that the panel drained the battery for some reason once it lost enough light for charging. 

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Try disconnecting the panel, and see if that helps.

Also, if you are using activity zones, then remove them for a while.  Those conceal the amount of activity the camera sees, and make it harder to diagnose the cause of the power drain.