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I have 3 Pro2 cameras with solar panels they are not charging fully
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When the sun is on the panels you should see the battery icon with a lightning bolt across it - are you seeing that? If so, are the panels oriented and placed so that they get direct sunlight head-on and not at an angle?
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I had similar issues and went through the troubleshooting steps with tech support.
1. Ensure wires are properly plugged into the panel and the camera
- One thing I noted is the solar panel has two clips on the plug that enure it is locked in place. Make sure both sides of the plug are fully seated
- I made sure the camera end of the cable was fully seated in the camera and the camera battery was fully charged.
2. Prior to placing in a location that required a ladder, I checked to make sure the solar panel was charging while on the ground pointing directly at the sun.
3. Support had me plug the camera in to a wall socket with the battery in it ti ensure it was taking a charge that way.
4. When everything was checked and still no charge from the solar panel, support sent me a new cord
5. After determining the new cord was not the issue, they sent a new panel and I returned the old one.
I have 5 solar panels and they are working fine. I have 3 more at another location and 2 of those are working fine, but I can't get to them to do the troubleshooting easily.
I hope some of this helped.
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