Ninety7 Battery Base for Google Home Audio/Video Product Snow/White (Loft Snow)

Q: After I attached the base, the unit did not receive power. Has anyone else had this problem?

I've gone through 3 of these now, none will power on. I took the last one apart. They use 4 Blackberry NX1 batteries, and in the unit I examined they were all at 0.05V - well under the low voltage threshold. I'm guessing that since Google isn't making more of these Google Home devices, we're down to old stock on these bases and the batteries are arriving so dead that the control electronics won't charge them.

Q: Can I always leave this plugged in ???

Yes - the Loft was designed to have the Google Home power supply plugged in all the time. Unplug when you want portability.

Q: Can you turn this off so it doesn’t kill the battery if you don’t need it on?

There is a power button for the battery base. Since the power supply runs thru the battery base to the Google. If you turn the base off then Google will be off.