Bought a Battery Cam Pro and a Solar Panel.
Installed it on my back wall where it gets continuous Florida Sun all day,
The battery slowly decreases, lasts less than a week.
The much cheaper older outdoor cam it replaced worked for weeks without a solar panel.
I dont understand why this thing is even sold.
I have had Wyze cameras for over two years and have one problem after another,
If this thing is a bummer Ia m switching to something else.
I have two BCP’s both with the Solar Panel as well. They maintain 1–% battery during the day, then decrease some over night. But the next day they get to 100%.
Have you verified the USB-C cable is fully connected to the camera? As you may know, the BCP uses a USB-C connection and requires the adapter to connect to the Solar Panel.
One other question, do you have an SD Card in it? If so, do you have it set for continuous recording? If you do, this will cause a drain that the solar panels cannot keep up with.
I discovered that the camera does not charge when connected to the charger, though if i pull the battery out plug the same charger directly into the battery the battery does charge. I suppose this is why the solar panel does not charge it either. What now?
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Possible defective. I would reach out to Wyze and see if it is under warranty and if it can be replaced.
Well, it seems that the problem was not pushing the connector in far enough. So I got it charged in the house. Now the trick will be to get it connected outside to the solar panel using its connector with an excess of rubber.
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So. Put the fully charged Battery Cam Pro up,on its floppy mount (more on another post) and jammed the plug from the solar panel in as far as I could.
It has been less than 24 hours. Battery is now 55%.
Meanwhile the old outdoor cam put out at the same time is sitting at 100%.
Battery Cam Pro has a ginormous battery. Outdoor cam V1 has a teeny battery.
Battery Cam Pro has a floppy mount that only hangs one way facing slightly down. Outdoor cam has a fancy mount you can set every way you want.
Battery Cam Pro cost Three times as much as the outdoor cam.
What am I missing here?
Okay I’m glad you mentioned the floppy mount. I thought I was doing something wrong and spent almost an hour on a ladder trying to lock it into position.
Also, same issue. Solar panel not charging. And yes, it’s plugged in all the way. There is a “click” you can feel once the connector is pushed in. But at no point does it show the battery charging. And since I bought it from Amazon, neither Wyse nor Amazon will replace it even though it’s still under a year old.
So the expensive battery cam pro with solar panel does not charge by sunlight. No matter what I try.
Have you tried more powerful panel? IIRC, those panels are only 2Wats at best. They only do a trickle charge and are good for maintaining a battery, not charging.
Nobody is saying here the charging is too slow. We’re saying it DOESN’T charge.
It doesn’t charge because not enough juice is going to the batteries. The batteries power the camera so there is more juice going out than coming in.
I have two of the wireless cameras, both on solar panels. Both pointing towards the same area of my yard to capture sunshine for charging.
One camera stays at 100% battery and only dips when i livestream for any length of time.
The other doesn’t charge at all and battery is steadily decreasing. As would be expected if NO solar panel was connected.
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