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How can a device be out of battery if it’s...
How can a device be out of battery if it’s hardwired?
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Jan 18, 2020
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How can a device be out of battery if it’s hardwired?
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Jan 18, 2020
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If you have a light at the front door, install a floodlight cam and lose the doorbell cam.
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Jan 18, 2020
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I have 16 cameras around house and above over hang light flood won’t work
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Jan 18, 2020
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So you don't have a light at the front door where the doorbell is? I do, and the floodlight cam is the only way to go. Also have them around the house.
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Jan 18, 2020
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it’s recessed in over hang can see the tops of heads
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Jan 18, 2020
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Yes if the hard wire is actually trickle charging the battery.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Yes. If the battery is going bad, or if temps are really low, or if the wire volts are not adequate, or not wired correctly.
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Jan 18, 2020
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There’s still a battery in that hardwired model. It says your power status is “very poor”. Seems it’s not getting enough power.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Check it during the day if you are running it via solar cell to charge. Maybe it's not getting enough direct light to keep the battery charged.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Demand has exceeded the draw
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Jan 18, 2020
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That's the exact same problem I have! I bought the trickle charger to make sure it would work in the cold. So far it has worked to -30 Celsius. But now I'll have to take it down and bring it in the house to charge it up. I'm down to 5%!
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Jan 18, 2020
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It will fix itself
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Jan 18, 2020
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Mine does this during the winter when it gets really cold out.
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Jan 18, 2020
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But 20-30 degrees isn’t that cold is it?
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Jan 18, 2020
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We had the same thing , we had to get a new device.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Also, cold weather. Google electricity and cold.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Heh. It’s a sign it’s been cold for a while. It’ll recover when it’s not super cold out.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Hardwiring does not bypass battery. Essentially it’s like plugging your cell phone into a charger and still using it. The charger cannot keep up with lots of activity, and cold temperatures.
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Jan 18, 2020
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Imagine trying to charge your vehicle with a trickle charger instead of the alternator. Try turning off motion settings or decreasing the range until it charges up some
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Jan 18, 2020
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Could be a bad ring. Mine is connected to the solar panel. It wouldn’t charge. Took a little back and forth with tech support, but they sent me a replacement ring and it’s been good ever since. The ring just wasn’t taking the charge.
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Jan 18, 2020
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How much current on the wire? Probably not very much. It’s telling you that the power quality is very poor.
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Jan 18, 2020
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talked with ring they claimed the door bell needs to be reset. Power just fine
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Jan 18, 2020
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This again!
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Jan 18, 2020
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We have Doorbell Model 1 and it's wired to existing DB "trickle power". We've had it for about 3 years now and its percentage has dropped off twice. Not sure why. I removed the device and connected the USB to charge. Was fine after that for quite awhile. We're in No. Calif. and the unit is under a covered porch, so protected from most weather elements. Today it's reading 94%.
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Jan 18, 2020
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My transformer went bad and power was restored when I changed transformer. Voltage was zero out of old transformer.
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Jan 19, 2020
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Also, if your doorbell 'sees' lots of motion, use or is linked to trigger other lights, you will see low power situations as well.
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