# \#charging

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## [Dumb question about when the battery charges on the tempest](https://community.tempest.earth/t/dumb-question-about-when-the-battery-charges-on-the-tempest/9033)

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**Author:** [@jeffh1199](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jeffh1199)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/dumb-question-about-when-the-battery-charges-on-the-tempest/9033 "2023-01-13T10:57:30Z")

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So I’ve had my tempest up for a few days. It started at 2.57 and it 2.52 now. It doesn’t seem to be charging and it saw full sun today so it really hasn’t used much power but I’m surprised that a charge cycle didn’t star…

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## [Tempest Offline Due to Low Charge](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-offline-due-to-low-charge/11470)

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**Author:** [@daffern1](https://community.tempest.earth/u/daffern1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-offline-due-to-low-charge/11470 "2021-01-01T00:43:04Z")

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My Tempest won’t charge due to the winter weather conditions here in the Pacific Northwest (overcast skies/low temps.) The solar panels just don’t seem to be able to gather enough from the ambient light conditions at thi…

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## [Tempest Offline in Alaska](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-offline-in-alaska/11225)

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**Author:** [@benapilot](https://community.tempest.earth/u/benapilot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2020, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/tempest-offline-in-alaska/11225 "2020-12-23T18:42:23Z")

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My Tempest has been offline for the past 4 days and I’m not sure as to why. I’be been out of town and had our house sitter power cycle the hub. It shown online, but not the Tempest sensor. We have had some dark sno…

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## [How much sun is needed to support operation?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-sun-is-needed-to-support-operation/10028)

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**Author:** [@apbiddle](https://community.tempest.earth/u/apbiddle)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2020, 11:44am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-sun-is-needed-to-support-operation/10028 "2020-11-20T11:44:37Z")

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I have had a Tempest for a bit over a month. Looking at the battery voltage, it has been slowly losing ground to the point of turning off the Haptic sensors. The fence line is almost exactly E-W. The location is in…

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## [Will the Tempest charge with the power switch off?](https://community.tempest.earth/t/will-the-tempest-charge-with-the-power-switch-off/9963)

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**Author:** [@pswired](https://community.tempest.earth/u/pswired)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/will-the-tempest-charge-with-the-power-switch-off/9963 "2020-10-24T01:12:21Z")

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Pretty much as the title says. I received a replacement tempest to fix a wind sensor malfunction, and the replacement arrived with the power switch on and presumably a dead battery. Can I just leave it in the sun with th…