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Nest Doorbell battery suddenly drained within 24 hours and didn’t recharge

mcfarljw
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After 1+ months without any issues and being fully charged I suddenly got a notification that my new Nest Doorbell (Battery) has disabled recording due to low battery. I figured it might be a glitch in the matrix and resolve itself as it says it’s still plugged in but it just stayed at 17 hour remaining with 3% power.

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My doorbell is wired (12v) and I’ve checked it several times over of the past month with it reporting to be fully charged. I unhooked the doorbell, restart it by holding the pin for 5 seconds, and starting manually charging it using a USB-C cable. It indicated it was slowly charging due to extreme temperatures.

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What exactly counts as extreme temperatures? I live in Ohio and while it is the winter the temperature has been between 10F and 20F overnight which seems well within the operating temperatures listed in the specs (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9259110?hl=en#zippy=%2Cnest-doorbell-battery).

I’ve already adjusted my doorbell settings to be more power efficient and it isn’t in a high traffic area as it only records at most 10 events a day. I would have expected it to not drain so quickly and also give me more of a heads up before it got to 3%. I’m going to try fully recharging it manually and then seeing what happens. I would not have purchased it had I known during certain winter and summer months it would essentially revert into a not smart doorbell.

Is this a known issue? If so, is it something that is being worked on?

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MplsCustomer
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@mcfarljw 

We have the Nest Hello Doorbells and not the battery doorbell, but you could look at this long thread, where other customers are reporting problems where the doorbell--when wired--can't stay charged in cooler temperatures that are well within the operating temperature range.

https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Cameras-and-Doorbells/Cold-weather-concerns-with-Nest-Doorbel...

Thanks for the link. It’s good to know that at least I’m not crazy as it seems those reports exactly line up with what I’ve experienced.

MplsCustomer
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You could also see this article on 9to5Google (with the correct link):

https://9to5google.com/2022/01/21/nest-doorbell-camera-battery-cold-weather-reports/

This link is to the the post I just created (this post).

I corrected the link to the 9to5Google article.

DocOnTech
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Well its obviously a flaw as the other nests are all outside in the exact same temp and they have NO issue!!  Recall the **bleep** units Google.

 

Eric_sfo
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Well I’m glad I’m not the crazy one either. I could easily cut and paste this post and it would nearly identical to my issues. Except I think I’m in even warmer conditions being in St Louis area.

I agree recall them because I can’t see how a firmware or any other software update could solve this issue. there’s a design issue with the battery it seems. 

How did you get a new one?  Mine won’t charge at all.

I just reached out to support via chat, tried everything they asked, and they initiated a replacement.

Brad
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mcfarljw
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Something else I noticed is that on the battery screen where it shows plugged in and infinite is white. I remember when I manually charged it up it was blue which I suspect means it was really at 100% battery. It'd be great if while wired in it'd actually still show the percent rather than just suddenly showing as dead.

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They are going to send me a replacement though I'm fairly skeptical that is the cause of the issue. That and I think switching to a new doorbell means I lose my current video history and saved faces.