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Use nest with existing doorbell

Joshda1
Community Member

Hi I live in an old house with a vintage doorbell I'd quite like to keep, is it possible to extend the wires and keep my old doorbell when adding the nest doorbell? Thanks

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David_K
Diamond Product Expert
Diamond Product Expert

MplsCustomer
Bronze
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@Joshda1

Are you hoping to keep the old doorbell itself in place on your doorframe and add a Nest doorbell near it on the same doorframe? If so, in addition to checking the transformer compatibility mentioned by @David_K , you might have to run a second pair of wires from your doorbell chime and doorbell transformer all the way to the Nest doorbell.

See the "One Nest doorbell, one standard doorbell, one chime" diagram here:

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/12153643?hl=en

Really useful thanks @MplsCustomer !

@Joshda1

I'm not sure how you plan on making this work. If you wire both, and a visitor presses your old vintage doorbell, the Google Nest doorbell will not recognize that as a doorbell ring and will not send a notification. However, the camera in the doorbell could recognize Motion or a Person event and send a notification for that.

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 here, davidking and MplsCustomer.

Thanks,

JT

Princesss
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hi there,

We just want to check if you have seen our response posted above. Let us know if you have additional questions, otherwise we'll be locking the thread.

Best,

Princess

Princesss
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey folks,

Due to inactivity, I'll go ahead and lock this thread in 24 hours. Feel free to start a new thread if you need assistance with your Nest devices and we'd be glad to assist you further.

Best,

Princess