Google has acknowledged that Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell batteries will not cost within the chilly.
9to5Google stories that Google not too long ago revealed a help article detailing the variations between the Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell’s working temperatures and the temperatures at which their batteries might be recharged in response to complaints from product homeowners.
“At temperatures beneath freezing, the lithium-ion battery in your Google Nest digital camera or doorbell received’t have the ability to cost,” Google says within the help article. “Many units, together with fashionable fashions of doorbell cameras and cell telephones, use lithium-ion batteries for his or her excessive energy and lengthy life, however these batteries are additionally affected by temperatures beneath freezing.”
The corporate says these are the related temperatures for the Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell:
- Minimal working temperature: -4°F (-20°C)
- Minimal charging temperature: 32°F (0°C)
“At temperatures between -4°F (-20°C) and 32°F (0°C), the battery can nonetheless energy your machine, however it received’t cost,” Google says. “It might additionally drain extra shortly than ordinary. At temperatures near -4°F (-20°C), your battery might have lower than half the life that it has in heat climate.”
The corporate additionally says wired installations of the battery-equipped Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell can wrestle within the chilly—between -4°F (-20°C) and 32°F (0°C)—as a result of they don’t seem to be drawing energy instantly from the road. As an alternative they run on batteries which might be “trickle charged” by the ability line. (A Nest Cam that is not related to the Wasserstein Photo voltaic Panel is the only exception.)
Google says that Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell homeowners ought to deliver their units inside to cost when it is colder than 32°F (0°C) exterior. The units will cost slowly at first, the corporate says, however will replenish their batteries sooner as they strategy room temperature.