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Low Voltage Chime with Nest Doorbell (Battery)

MrNumnuts
Community Member

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?

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MplsCustomer
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@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

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?

@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.

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,

JT

aatienza
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

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

janthadeus
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

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,

JT

MrNumnuts
Community Member

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.

@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.

EmersonB
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

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

janthadeus
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

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,

JT