Arlo|Smart Home Security|Wireless HD Security Cameras

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Chrisw70
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I have had the Arlo pro 3 system for over a year now. The last few weeks I have one camera out of five that will not stay charged. Nothing has changed as far as base, router or wifi locations. I replaced the battery with a new arlo battery thinking maybe it was just going bad. There is no change with the new battery. Put it back up yesterday morning with 100% charge. The camera was set off 4 times yesterday. This morning I have 17% battery life left. What's going on? Also the picture attached is what I am getting as far as quality. Everything recorded has a blue hue to it.
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It's hard to say given the detail provided so far. The battery drain likely is due to signal strength/quality issues but that's not the only reason. You show quite a few recordings which, depending on how long they are and how many per day (along with live viewing) could explain the drain. For starters, regardless of whether you think nothing has changed, swap cameras around to see if it's the location or camera.

 

As for the blue tint, that may be due to the external lighting. What does it look like during the day?

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Thanks for the response. Since i posted this morning. It went from 17% to completely dead in about 4 hours.. that was with it making 3 small recordings. The daytime colors aren't right either. I will post that picture. I have it charging again and will swap it to a different location and see what changes. The signal strength shows full bars. I'm really thinking i have a camera going out already.
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Back with an update on my situtation. I have 1 camera out of 5 that will not hold a charge longer than about 36 hours. I replaced the battery with a new one, this made no difference. So I switched locations with another camera. Still ran down the same, the other one i switched it with does fine in that location. So I put the one that will not stay charged in the same room with the smarthub facing a wall. Still ran down in the same amount of time. Anyone have any ideas other than the camera itself just being bad?
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