Arlo Pro Drains Through Solar Panel

I have 2 cameras with the solar panel connected to each.

Arlo pro drains through solar panel.

Can t believe all 3 solar panels i originally bought were defective. Both arlo is the world s first 100 percent wireless high definition smart home security camera. The arlo solar panel is designed to provide trickle charging to keep your camera battery charged not to charge your camera battery from low to full. However 3 are high up painful to get down hence i bought 3 x arlo solar panels to plug into.

I ve personally recommended them to others. Heavy usage of your camera can drain the camera battery faster. Model vms4430p arlo pro 2 with 4 1 hd camera installed all 4 without issues used to get at least 1 to 1 5 months until charging batteries. The solar panel is a great low maintenance solution for outdoor camera installations in hard to reach areas.

I will now unplug the solar panel to compare battery life loss. With the arlo solar panel connected to the camera and receiving average sun exposure your camera battery stays charged so you don t need to worry about recharging it. The solar panel charges the battery but it can t power the camera if no battery is inserted. Just to ensure i had set it up correctly after seeing issues.

Just to ensure i had set it up correctly after seeing issues. Battery life at the end of today is now at 58. The arlo pro and arlo pro 2 camera in contrast have been great. No warning icon to tell me there s any issue with charging just not charging on arlo products that were charging just fine for almost a year and then suddenly stopped.

The other will keep the camera charged to 100 during the day but once out of the sunlight will drain the battery down to zero overnight. I m having the same problem started at about the same time as this post with one of my arlo pro 2 cameras and an arlo security light. I think the arlo solar panel drains the battery. Make sure that your camera s battery is fully charged when you connect the solar panel to your camera.

Although the arlo solar panel is designed to keep your arlo camera s battery fully charged heavy usage of your camera can drain the camera battery faster than the solar panel can recharge it. The impacted camera is able to maintain a charge for 1 month if it s not plugged into the solar panel so it has nothing to do with signal strength or activity levels. However 3 are high up painful to get down hence i bought 3 x arlo solar panels to plug into. The new replacement solar panel direct from arlo had an older serial number than the 3 solar panels i had originally bought.

I thought the issues were with firmware but it seems that there is a hardware issue that allows the solar panels to drain the batteries.