topic Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery) in Cameras and Doorbells

Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MrNumnuts — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:43:03 GMT

I'm looking at buying a Nest Doorbell (Battery) as it's not possible at the moment to install the wired version. My chime box is one of those with a built in transformer and from what I gather it's only 6v. I understand the chime box is completely underpowered to give any power whatsoever to the nest doorbell but if the button is pressed will it still make the chime box ding just like the standard old doorbell?

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MplsCustomer — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 16:26:02 GMT

@MrNumnuts

The battery doorbell can only ring your existing indoor doorbell chime if it is wired, and if the battery doorbell IS wired, your doorbell transformer needs to meet Google Nest's requirements:

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9247132?hl=en

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

janthadeus — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 02:10:15 GMT

Hi folks,

Checking in — I hope you've got the answer you're looking for. Let me know if you have more questions in mind.

I appreciate your help, MplsCustomer.

Thanks,

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MrNumnuts — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 09:00:36 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Can the doorbell not just send a signal to the chime via the wires to be rang as the chime box has its own power?

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MplsCustomer — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:08:20 GMT

@MrNumnuts

If you wire your battery doorbell, then it's going to use the power provided by your doorbell transformer to trickle charge the battery in the doorbell, and so it needs to meet Google Nest's power requirements (https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9247132?hl=en). It's not designed to just ring your chime and NOT charge the battery if it is wired.

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

janthadeus — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 23:56:47 GMT

Hi MrNumnuts,

Checking in — I hope that answers your question. Let me know if there's anything else.

Thanks for your continued assistance, MplsCustomer.

Regards,

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

aatienza — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:23:35 GMT

Hey there,

I just wanted to follow up to see if you still need our help. Please let us know as we would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks,

Archie

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MrNumnuts — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:06:41 GMT

Well, I decided to take a chance and bought one anyway. It arrived and I installed it wired and guess what? It works and rings the chime even though it's clearly stated on the transformer that it's only 6v. Honestly I didn't think it would work but it does. Anyway I'm happy.

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MplsCustomer — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:39:22 GMT

@MrNumnuts

That's good news. I hope your transformer also has enough power to trickle-charge the battery in your doorbell to keep it operating.

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

EmersonB — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 20:09:28 GMT

Hello folks,

@MrNumnuts it's really good to hear that it's working now. However, we can't guarantee how long it will continue to work with that 6V. Try to monitor its behavior and if in case you have an update, you know where to find us. Let me know if you have any additional questions from here.

I appreciate the help, MplsCustomer and JT.

Regards,
Emerson

Re: Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

janthadeus — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:38:03 GMT

Hey there,

Awesome, sounds good! As we got our resolution here, I'm going to mark this thread as resolved. I'll be locking this thread if we won't hear back from you again in 24 hours. Should that happen, feel free to create a new one if you have more questions or have other concerns in the future.

Thanks for chiming in, Emerson.

Best,