Nest doorbell and chime

[cdegabrielle]

I need a chime.

I bought a Nest wired 2d Gen to install in a new house, which is wired correctly for the Nest. I want to use a hardwired mechanical or electric (not wireless, not smart) physical chime that sounds when the doorbell rings, just like in the old days. (Avon calling!) The network guy made a place for the chime to be installed in the hallway. I don't care about being able to speak or hear through the chime itself; I can do that on the app.  

I need to buy the chime. What kind, what technical specs, and where to buy it?

Thanks, y'all.

[EmptyNester · Accepted solution]

Hello,  I'm pretty sure any mechanical chime that runs on a transformer with the same specs as the Nest Doorbell will work.  99% of them should work fine.  When you buy a chime it normally does not come with a transformer so you will need to get one of those as well.   Here are the specs that Google publishes...

	Nest Doorbell (battery)	Nest Doorbell (wired)
Voltage	8 to 24 V AC	16 to 24 V AC (North America) 12 to 24 V AC (Global)
Power	10 to 40 VA	10 to 40 VA (North America) 8 to 40 VA (Global)
Frequency	50 to 60 Hz	50 to 60 Hz

Hope this helps.

One more thing:  I have (3) of the Google Nest Hubs around my house that all DING-DONG when someone pushes the door bell and the image of who is there pops up.  I find it really handy.

[cdegabrielle]

Thank you for the intel, EmptyNester!