Ring doorbell, house chime voltage isn’t enough

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As per the title really, got a ring doorbell and installed it. We’ve got CAT6 wiring to the bell and touching the wires together activated the chime.

but, it’s only 8V and I believe ting needs 16V. Can I just upgrade the transformer in the come? Or do I need to replace it?

if so, any idea what chime I could replace it with? I don’t want to have a redundant door bell.

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I had to upgrade my transformer for my Ring Doorbell also - Just got mine from Screwfix for around £15 I think.
 
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That’s the exact transformer I got from Screwfix! :D

I got it wrong in the first post - mine is the Nest Doorbell - but I suspect they both follow the same voltage ratings.

Awesome. Well I’m more worried about the chime than the Ring, so I’m glad to hear yours was fine.

I will try and check for a voltage on it though.
 
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Awesome. Well I’m more worried about the chime than the Ring, so I’m glad to hear yours was fine.

I will try and check for a voltage on it though.

I just checked the specs on the Ring site and most of them ask for a 8-24 VAC transformer, apart from the pro that asks for “Requires a 16-24 VAC transformer”.

So I would say you’re good to go!
 
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I just checked the specs on the Ring site and most of them ask for a 8-24 VAC transformer, apart from the pro that asks for “Requires a 16-24 VAC transformer”.

So I would say you’re good to go!

yeah let’s just hope the transformer works for the chime. I called ring when I couldn’t get the bell powered and they told me my chime was underpowered so...
 
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yeah let’s just hope the transformer works for the chime. I called ring when I couldn’t get the bell powered and they told me my chime was underpowered so...

If I remember correctly, they have a forum on the Ring website - might be worth linking the transformer on there and getting it double checked. I’m pretty confident, and I would risk it with mine, but I don’t wanna give you duff advise and have you blow up your new doorbell :p
 
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If I remember correctly, they have a forum on the Ring website - might be worth linking the transformer on there and getting it double checked. I’m pretty confident, and I would risk it with mine, but I don’t wanna give you duff advise and have you blow up your new doorbell :p

My problem is the opposite. The Ring doorbell will be fine, but the chime in my house, that's wired in etc, could react badly to the increased voltage.
 
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Your best hope is to look at the chime and see what it says on it. You can get a new 12/16v chime pretty cheap.

True. I would have to distmantle the chime and hope there's something on the underside as the visible bit says **** all! This article suggests increasing the voltage to 16V would just make it louder.

I guess if I blow it up, a new one isn't very expensive.
 
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To complete the thread, I got home on Saturday and our normal doorbell was stuck inbetween the ding and the dong. I had a look at the actual doorbell, and somehow the two terminals which are normally push to connect had sort of got stuck together, almost through rust. So, time for a new doorbell anyway! So, I bought the Byron 776 from Screwfix, which is on Ring's list of compatible mechanical doorbells for the UK. Fitted it, which was OK, installed the Ring, and voila - it worked!

I do wonder now whether if I'd just flipped the connections the old one would have worked, as I had to do that when I did my second installation. But it's great. Now I can spy on the car park outside my house. The motion sensor is bloody sensitive.
 
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