Arlo Pro Drains Through Solar Panel

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.

Arlo pro drains through solar panel.

Reduce your camera usage for a day or two and note your camera s battery level. However 3 are high up painful to get down hence i bought 3 x arlo solar panels to plug into. 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 thought the issues were with firmware but it seems that there is a hardware issue that allows the solar panels to drain the batteries.

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 solar panel charges the battery but it can t power the camera if no battery is inserted. 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. Can t believe all 3 solar panels i originally bought were defective.

The new replacement solar panel direct from arlo had an older serial number than the 3 solar panels i had originally bought. Heavy usage of your camera can drain the camera battery faster. Battery life at the end of today is now at 58. 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. Make sure that your camera s battery is fully charged when you connect the solar panel to your camera. 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. Just to ensure i had set it up correctly after seeing issues.

I think the arlo solar panel drains the battery. 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. I have 2 cameras with the solar panel connected to each. Please note that water rain is not in the picture so water is not a factor and the results are not promising.

I ve personally recommended them to others. 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. 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.

However 3 are high up painful to get down hence i bought 3 x arlo solar panels to plug into.