u/GoGreen566

A bit embarrassing

It works for us!

My S340 discovered a wall lamp mounted behind it and got scared. It took over a year for it to notice it. I would reassure it that it's not a pet, but the feedback goes to a central server for future products and not back to my scared camera. Good camera. You'll be fine.

I always get a a kick out of this. No matter how many times I tell Eufy it's a inflatable sock, it still asks if this is a human.

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If Eufy used a more capable model, it might actually live up to advertised expectations.

This camera is located at a corner of the garage with a clear view of the sky. The solar cell (PV) panel is angled appropriately to catch the afternoon sun. The S340 worked well for over a year and then this started happening.

Firmware version is 3.3.3.8, same as the other S340s that don't do this.

Eufy says to check USB connection, remove, reset and reinstall. I think it's more than that. The battery level self-recovers after the cam loses all power, turns off and turns itself back on.

What in the world is happening to this S340?

I think I met this inflatable sock before.

What is the manufacturing defect causing these power drains? This camera is 19 months old.

I wiggled and R&R the solar PV panel the first time. Otherwise I just wait for it to self-correct.