davidew98
Pulling my weight
I just last week switched from Ring Dorbell Version 1 (the old one) to EZVIZ DB1. I have a mechanical chime and did use the Power Kit that comes in the box and chime sounds clean.
FYI, before you pulled of the Ring, if the chime sounded weird the transformer might be bad.
FYI, before you pulled of the Ring, if the chime sounded weird the transformer might be bad.
- My suggestion is start by making sure your Power Kit is wired correct
- If you want both bells make sure chime is wired to FRONT contact
- Try tapping a 9volt battery to the chime posts to see if chime sounds both bells, if not the chime might be bad. You have to try both ways positive and negative on the TRANS post, one way might ring one bell only. (Touch rings first bell, Release rings second bell)
- Try disconnecting the DB1 at the door and touching the wires together to see if the chime sounds both bells, if not the transformer might be bad (Touch rings first bell, Release rings second bell)
Here kept the old chime in place which matched the voltage of the old transformer. Thinking it was 10 VAC. I upped the transformer for the video doorbell.
So when you press the doorbell button today the doorbell chime does sound funny a bit. Kind of a gong and clunk.
That said also have two circuits in place to connect the doorbell button to the alarm panel. These circuits are 12VDC powered. One is a current sensor doorbell circuit board which is an Elk 930. The other is a debounce board; Elk 960. The only connectivity from the doorbell voltage is for current sensing which is passive.
Had the Ring doorbell in place for a couple of months here and had no issues at all with the connectivity, chime and old transformer. The design of the Ring is totally different than that of the Hikvision doorbell.