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GumperP

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Massive battery drain TC82 camera.

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Tags: #Recording #Motion Detection

Model: TC82

Hardware Version: V1

Firmware Version: 1.01

Camera went from working perfectly, to dropping from 30 percent battery to 5 percent in the space of 24 hour or so.

Since recharging it has dropped an average of 10 percent per day.

Was installed in October and was perfect until a few days ago.

It now doesn't detect anyone either. I can be walking in front of it and it won't notify me of an event and has not recorded an event either.

Looking for assistance as it is just over 2 months old.

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GumperP

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Re:Massive battery drain TC82 camera.

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Re:Massive battery drain TC82 camera.

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@GumperP hi same is happening with mine. Only been the last 2 weeks too. No idea what's causing it as it has the same settings as other outdoor camera. Solar panel is definitely not charging it.

GumperP

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Re:Massive battery drain TC82 camera.

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@ClareM I took mine down today to reset it, see if it would help.

Seems to have made it worse as now it won't connect to any WiFi network.

I'm waiting on a WiFi booster for a different part of the house so I can check and see if it is a signal issue. I don't believe it to be so though, as it worked for 2.5 months without any issues at all.

Unfortunately I think it is broken. And outside of the refund period on Amazon too. Figures...

Wayne-TP

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Re:Massive battery drain TC82 camera.

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@GumperP

What error did you receive when configuring the camera? Try to enable a hotspot WiFi with another phone and connect the camera to it, or create a 2.4GHz guest WiFi for the camera.

Check here for more troubleshooting suggestions. What should I do if I fail to configure Tapo Camera?

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