I live where it dumps snow overnight about 3 to 4 feet daily sometimes 6 foot of snow and my driveway is long, I just did a test run of my driveway snow clearing without snow and it’s using almost all of its battery without snow load. I just worried that Yarbo might not be able to keep up with this snow, should I get spare battery or is there a way to charge the battery under an hour?
it would be nice if it had slot where I can just insert Ego Batteries.
Get a spare battery and the external charging cable so you can charge the batteries outside of the unit. If you fall behind, you can swap the batteries and recharge. The wired charger is a lot slower than the wireless charger as an FYI. But, the wireless charger will recharge up to 80% in about 1.5 hours.
And you need a separate cable to charge the battery outside of the Yarbo iirc. Any plans for a faster manual charger? Should be able to utilize multiple ports even to “super charge” faster than the wireless?
Yes, this optional accessory.
https://www.yarbo.com/products/battery-power-cord
Honestly, I would much rather see a bigger capacity battery or adding a second battery (or bank of batteries) to the rear tow hook and rear power port vs a fast wired charger.
Hi there, thanks for reaching out.
For the snowblower, the battery typically takes about 1.5 hours to charge from around 20% to 80%.
If needed, you can consider buying a spare battery and battery power cord:
Yarbo Battery｜ Long-Lasting Power for Uninterrupted Performance
Battery Power Cord – Yarbo
Let’s not overlook @me1’s suggested EGO battery slots. I’d prefer Greenworks battery slots but whichever….
Yarbo doesn’t need to charge them, just use them for power…
I would also love the Greenworks slots, I use 80V though😁
Ego is ~56V
Wouldn’t that be awesome, and I’ve already got (6) 80V Greenworks batteries. Bring it on.
Do a generic device that hangs on the Tow Hitch and plugs into one of the many accessory ports. Then create adaptors for the various battery types. Apparently you need EGO and Greenworks 80v and 56v.
…and make certain that the attachable battery compartment has collision detection.
I also think extending battery capacity should be near the top of Yarbo’s upgrade list. It should be quite easy to make an external 2nd battery box that attaches to the tow hitch mount or on top of the core to negate any possible collision issues… with an adapter cable that plugs the battery into the AUX port or a Y cable that allows it to tap directly into the normal battery connection… And for those ppl who can’t justify a 2nd $1200 battery, an adapter that allows dual 20v Dewalt/Milwaukee/etc style batteries would be AMAZING!!!(especially because most ppl already have these batts).
Just think Yarbo, you’ll be able to milk us all for more $$ for the cost of some cheap adapters/cables and a sheet metal mount 
Is it normal for Yarbo to drop 20% of charge overnight when not on charger or being used? What does it use the batteries for when not in use?
It’s a computer, it runs GPS receivers, radios and other receivers, battery and camera heaters, lights and other things. I’d say that’s normal. In a poor GPS area, it could be more as it’s constantly searching for signal.
It is better than it was earlier this summer, I believe they added a lower power idle/sleep mode. It would be nice to have a way to schedule off time though, if we aren’t going to use it for a few days it shouldn’t even need to run the battery heaters in the winter, or at least have a lower temp threshold like -10F and a “half hour” “low power/track only defrost” mode to warm up or something. Even with constant heating if the winds/snow are bad even the cameras can get a shell built up around them, IMO getting them cool before those conditions start would allow the snow to just blow off in a lot of circumstances rather than melt, drip, re-freeze. Once other software bugs are fixed and the weather API is replaced/made reliable you could even look at temps and weather a day ahead and plan cooldown and warm up times(but that’s just the controls engineer in me trying to optimize:sweat_smile:
) https://youtu.be/7xY92WVKJu0?t=214 (I’m also logical to a fault
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My Yarbo started acting up now with connection between App and Yarbo showing disconnected after I start a job. I can see smart vision fine but cannot give any commands. I have to manually press the rear button under the cover to reboot and only then it comes online on my app. Anyone else experiencing same issues? I have outdoor AP, with strong signals for WIFI. Halow shows -91 for signal strength, since Yarbo station antenna is bit farther. But it was never a problem. Only thing changed was it sheared off the halow antenna and I’ve replaced it with what Yarbo sent me as a repair set with brackets, cable and antenna and made sure connections are secure before bolting it closed. it worked fine after that. Also Yarbo did shut down few times for auger over current error since garage food mat was stuck in it, error was cleared but I’m not sure if it affects future connections
If your HaLow is -91 that’s a problem. It stops using HaLow at -80. How far away is the rover from the data center with that -91? Did you pinch the cable at all when putting the top back on? It’s easy to do and not know. Does it connect VIA Bluetooth at all?
i didnt pinch the cable upon installing. It was working fine until a day ago. Only thing changed was auger got overcurrent error due to stuck welcome mat, and temperature dropped to 18F
It’s about 25 Foot away. My Yarbo is in PA and I’m in Florida right now
That sounds like a loose antenna to me.
You could turn on 4G/cellular connection in the meantime