D235 Doorbell Battery not lasting a day

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I upgraded yesterday my Ring Doorbell and Ring cameras to Tapo devices and so far I am regretting it. The battery on my devices are not lasting at all (even on my C460 KIT with a solar panel) but most notably on my D235 video Doorbell. I installed it with 66% battery late last night, it is now 9:30am and it has dropped to 20%! So basically it won't even last 24 hours. This is in power saving mode.
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Ive worked out the issue
The TP-Link Smart Home integration within Home Assistant seems to dramatically drain the batteries of the devices.
I switched to the Tapo Camera Control integration and the problem is solved.
So not an issue with the devices themselves
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Also the doorbell is not facing a busy street and I have the video resolution lowered (which defeats the point of why I got a higher end model) with a wake sensitivity of 5 and the detection zone just the area in front of the camera
Also the WiFi connection is strong as the camera is very close to an access point:
And my settings for the clips (not that there are any recordings)
This is a brand new doorbell and it hasn't rained so water ingress shouldn't have caused any problems, plus its IP66 rated if I recall
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May i know what router you use? To analyze this case, please export a log from the doorbell, check this instruction: How to get the log of Tapo Camera
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A TP-Link BE550/9300. Its about 5 feet away from the outdoor camera and about 7 from the doorbell
I will get logs when back home
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Ive worked out the issue
The TP-Link Smart Home integration within Home Assistant seems to dramatically drain the batteries of the devices.
I switched to the Tapo Camera Control integration and the problem is solved.
So not an issue with the devices themselves
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