Cold Weather Issue With The Arlo Pro

[Willhunting264]

Got down to -20 and cameras don’t work. Anyone have a solution? Do those skins work?

[jguerdat]

The skins would only slightly slow down the cooling. If plugged into AC power, enough heat may be generated to keep things working but you'd have to test.

[Willhunting264]

Need to invent a cover to keep it some what warm. There has to be something the makers of Arlo could do for ppl that live in the north.

[jguerdat]

The Q cameras are indoors-only but work through glss so you can put them in a window and still get the coverage you need in many cases.

[Willhunting264]

Q cameras?

[jguerdat]

Use the Products menu at the top here to check them out.

[Willhunting264]

The company needs to come up with a cold weather solution. Thank u for the advice.

[AncientGeek]

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@Willhunting264 wrote:
Got down to -20 and cameras don’t work. Anyone have a solution? Do those skins work?

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The skins do help a lot if the camera is in the sun, but not at night or in the shade.  I have found my cameras will charge in the sun with skins on and ambient temps are in the teens.  Charging normally shuts off at 32°F.  The black skins absorb the solar radiation and warm the camera slightly.  I assume the skins will help keep the camera running at extremely low temps as well.

To achieve consistent low temperature operation in all lighting conditions, a camera needs to be powered by wires (Direct or POE).  Even electric cars are challenged by extremely low temps and have to expend some energy keeping the batteries warm.