4 Arlo Ultra Cameras, One Burns Through Batteries.

[ctrad64]

One of my 5 cameras burns through batteries. Why? How can I change that?.  In the house it seems to work well but outside I’m charging it every 4 days or so.  While outside I’m only getting one notification a day on average.  Not a high activity area.  Is it picking up motion outside of the activity zone, not reporting it and at the same time depleting the battery?

Thanks,

Cory

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

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@ctrad64 wrote:

Is it picking up motion outside of the activity zone, not reporting it and at the same time depleting the battery?

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That will happen.  If the camera is battery powered, then every time motion is detected, the video is streamed to the cloud - which determines if the motion is inside or outside the zone.  So that will deplete the battery.  Cloud activity zones will reduce notifications/recordings, but they won't improve battery life.

The simplest way to check for that is to turn off the zone on that camera for a while, and see how many recordings you get.

You can also try swapping the camera with a different one, and see if the problem moves with the camera or not.