Ring doorbell wiring advice

[azibux1]

Hi all,

Looking at getting a Ring Pro on Black Friday (when they're always on sale) but want to know first that we can easily get the wiring sorted before committing to buying it on the day, as the Pro is wired only, so don't want to buy it then get stuck.

Wired shouldn't be too hard but I just need some advice.

Currently have a wired doorbell and the transformer seems to be part of the chime unit and outputs 6V as far as I can tell. Ring needs 16-24v I believe.

At the consumer unit/fuse box side (which is full) the doorbell has its own fuse (single width). I see a suitable 'fuse' with built in transformer can be purchased from screwfix for a small amount, but this is double width so it wouldn't fit as we have no spare slots in the consumer unit.

How easy is this going to be / where exactly does the transformer from the Ring Pro fit into all this?

Cheers!

 

[azibux1]

Thanks for all responses. Will look into Nest Hello also.

Only issue with 3 pin plug is the wiring to get to a plug. The wire already runs all hidden away from doorbell to chime to fuse box (all of which are nowhere near plugs haha)

 

[azibux1]

With the nest hello you can use your Google mini/hub etc as the chime plus it'll say 'michael is at the door' or whoever you add to the facial recognition

Oooo this is nice!! We have a home mini in the living room so this could work really well!

 

[azibux1]

It records you as soon as motion is detected. It'd be a pretty pointless piece of kit if it only filmed people who pressed the button


I'd replace the bell unit with a mini consumer unit housing. Take the 240v incoming supply to the bell and wire up the consumer unit (no plug required). then install the fuse from the Ring pro and wire up the other end.

Oooo this is great idea! Didn't think of that.

Is that a legit / approved 'installation' so to speak from an electrical safety perspective? Having one consumer unit hanging off another?

 

[azibux1]

I think this applies to Nest Hello as well as Ring Pro, so you'll have the same issues. My door chime doesn't work with my Nest Pro as it's AC powered with an 8V transformer in the box, but I have a 24V transformer running from the main board to the Nest so the functionality is there. I was going to mess around with changing the transformer in the bell but it was only £11.99 so I won't bother. I might try and source a 24V one from abroad.
I have a number of Google/Nest Home products that tell you someone's at the door but annoyingly they aren't in synchronisation with each other.

Cheers! It sounds like from what I'm reading the 'chime' from the google products isn't very loud. So I will probably look at a new chime/transformer unit that can hopefully kill two birds one stone, to act as a chime AND also have a suitable transformer to provide the right voltage to the Nest

Time to do some digging.

They already published the black friday pricing on the google store.. some decent savings!