2 cameras with wild difference in battery discharge

[JohnnyJoe]

I am on vacation with a front door camera and a garage camera.

both cameras full charge before I vacated.

front door….I have seen NO sightings and fully discharged in 14 days.

garage.  I see a few sightings per day….a dog walk or trash truck…camera still at 100%.

Note: I have an extra battery and replace the front door battery with backup battery  when discharge occurs and both batteries discharge quickly.

[StephenB]

Do you have activity zones set for the cameras?

Activity zones don't improve battery life - they do mask the amount of video streaming the camera is actually doing. 

[JohnnyJoe]

2 cameras with big differences i battery life.  Do not have activity zones set up,  however the camera that runs down fast does not have a lot of notifications so don’t think activity zones are the problem. Also. I have extra battery so camera gets diff battery each time I replace.

[StephenB]

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@JohnnyJoe wrote:

2 cameras with big differences i battery life.  Do not have activity zones set up,  however the camera that runs down fast does not have a lot of notifications so don’t think activity zones are the problem. Also. I have extra battery so camera gets diff battery each time I replace.

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Have you tried swapping the cameras?  Then see whether the problem moves with the camera, or whether it stays with the location.

[JohnnyJoe · Accepted solution]

Problem camera eventually died. Tossed it.  Now one camera has run down to a low # and is fluctuating  between 32% and 4% for the last month.  Still recording!!  Strange