Tenergy offers Arlo Approved (?) RCR123A rechargable battery for VMC3030? Any success?

[Emyr]

Tenergy are offering Arlo Approved (?) RCR123A rechargeable batteries for use with VMC3030 cameras. These are nominal 3.7 Volt rather than the 3 Volt RCR123 batteries. (Probably over 4 Volt when fully charged). Is anyone using these successfully with the VMC3000 range of cameras?

[TomMac]

YES...

The Arlo HD camera's power scale was adjusted way back to allow for the different batteries.

A 123 cell when new is really 3.2 volts and the drop out for the camera is about 2.75v ( when needed to be replaced )

A rechargeable is 3.7v and when off charge are 4.2 v ( will drop to about 4.1 after short time ).... there is no issue using these cells in the Arlo HD and I run a few with the Tenergy cells.

The major diff you will see is that the capacity of the battery is only half of a non-rechargeable , SO the battery will last about 1/2 the time... not an issue since you recharge them. ( any 3.7 v rechargeable can not physically fit more chems in the size cell to produce more power so any rated higher than about 750mah are false claims )

The tenergy cells are good and also safe which is very important... some china cells in the past have cause over heating issues as they don't have over-charge/over drain protection like the tenergy's

PS, some of the 3.2 or 3.6 v cells don't work well , esp ( IIRC ) the lifepo4 type was one of them

BTW, there are SOME other good quality 123 cells that also have protection built in ( check the old threads ) but the Tenergy is the only one approved b Arlo

[Emyr]

Thanks, I`ll order some to try.