Battery Drainage

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Patrick Murphy
I've got a GoCam that's getting down to P3 and showing half the battery life about every 2 weeks after I give it fresh lithiums. Running 7 cams and they all take about the same amount of pics. But for some reason, this one particular cam is the only one I've had to change out twice since 9/17. I haven't changed the other 6 cams at all. Cam is 2-3 years old. Any thoughts?
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  • John Lockburner
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    Do you have power save turned on in the settings? I would also check the batteries when you change them. There's a chance one or more of the terminals are corroded and keeping the batteries from being used, you'll know if you test them and some are showing a much higher voltage than the others.

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  • Patrick Murphy

    Power save on. Flash power set to low. Same as the other 6 units. All terminals appeared fine at last check.

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  • John Lockburner

    Sometimes you can't see the oxidation, can't hurt to check the batteries and it's easy to do. It could be an SD card going bad, what is the camera model and is the firmware up to date?

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  • Patrick Murphy

    I've used multiple cards. GC-z4gb2/gocam Verizon. Looks like the firmware for all of them needs to be updated. Latest is dsp:2019/11/22-1.

    I was under the assumption I was gonna be flagged to update or notified. I've requested an over the air update and apparently it needs it because it says it was scheduled.

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  • Patrick Murphy

    This one cam continues to struggle with battery life. After the firmware update the coding didn't change so I assume all cams were up to date. Is there an option thru Spartan to troubleshoot this cam or inspect it? Possible wty replacement?

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  • John Lockburner

    You can send an email to support@spartancamera.com and let them know you want to send it to be looked at. They'll issue you an RMA. Have you checked the battery voltages when changing the batteries?

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