I replaced them in April. Should have had another 6 months or more but instead the charge is now at 1%... previous batteries lasted almost 18 months.

No particularly interesting history. Automations locked or unlocked it about 6 times over that 2 day period.

Not a question, just a frustration.

Home Assistant graph showing the day and time along the bottm (about 12 noon on 10 November to 12 noon 12 November) and the graph shows a line largly straight going from 50% to 1% over this two day period.
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[–] 10 points 2 days ago (7 children)

I have a google doorbell cam and when it has wifi issues, it will eat through the battery in a couple of days (normal charge lasts 3-5 weeks at least).

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 2 days ago (6 children)

    The doorbell connects via Bluetooth to a gateway about 2m away through a wall, but I did wonder if it's using more power to maintain the connection for some reason.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    This would 100% be my guess. Wifi and Bluetooth with poor connection can easily eat up the batteries. There could be some nearby devices causing interference.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (4 children)

    The gateway is next to a stack of electronics haha. Most are not wireless though. Dream machine gateway/switch. Couple raspberry pis (connected via Ethernet) with zigbee reciever. Shitload of Ethernet cables. I moved my other switch to the ceiling as it was getting crowded there 😅.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Possibly the Zigbee receiver as Zigbee, Bluetooth and 2.4Ghz wifi all use similar frequencies. It could also be a neighbor's device if you live in a dense area.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

    Yeah could be. Nothing has changed recently though 🤷

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Well Venus is currently in retrograde, so I wouldn't say "nothing has changed." 😆

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 day ago

    😆

    I just changed the batteries. Turns out I was using a bulk pack of alkaline batteries, which I have used for the replacements, so will be interesting to see if they are dead in a couple of days or if them exhibit the same result in 6 months.

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