This is the second home in which th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU we've replaced our "regular" doorbell with a Ring video doorbell and we really enjoy it. It is very easy to install and it works very well, with a clear picture through the app and good in-home use (we added the chime, which is also easy to install and doesn't require another thought to use).
After switching out my transformer, I forgot which wires go where, I spent over 45 minutes fiddling with that thing and saw several videos that did not help. This was exactly what I needed! I wish I would've ran into this video first! Thank you so much!
Ok so say your installing 2 lorex smart doorbells. Comes with chime boxes. Do i need to wire one chime to the front and one to the rear?? Both going to trans??
Very helpful, thank you! I've been having a heck of a time finding and replacing the old transformer in my 1930s house. Trying to get this new Ring Pro 2 working :)
Omg I love you. All of the men in my life has told me it's broken and completely useless, where we must open multiple walls for rewiring. Appears the actual bell may be dewired and I'd like a new unit, but I really don't think the wiring needs to be redone. I've never seen them wire it like this.
Thanks for a quick and simple explanation. Replaced an 30 yr. old Nutone intercom with a Wyze video doorbell. Looking at your diagram made me realized I would short my system with the fuse supplied with the vid doorbell. Saved by the bell. Pun unintended.
Thanks. I have recently purchased a Lorex 2K doorbell camera and cannot complete the installation because I cannot find my doorbell chime. I found the transformer which has a current draw. It’s 16.5VAC at the transformer and 1.VAC at the two wires where the doorbell is supposed to be. I’m going to check for shorts in the on the transformer terminal end and both wires. Hopefully I’ll find it.
I have a situation where at the transformer the wires are not labeled and I dont know which should be the trans and which should be the front. How do I find out which is which? Would something bad happen if I somehow reversed the wires?
I have a Nutone and the inside is like this one, except there are four white wires coming out of the top of the black box on the left - the rest of the wires are inside the walls. Which wire goes where?
3rd terminal in the chimes is usually n/c and is the 'loop-in'. I fitted my chimes in the middle room; fit bellpush on door. NOW SWITCH OFF MAINS ELEC. SUPPLY - bell transformer (Tx) is by the CU wired with a few inches of 1.0mm T&E to a 1A cartridge fuse holder in a spare fuseway in CU. Then run 1 length of 'figure 8' bellwire from push to chime; 2nd length from Tx to chime. If it's a simple 2-terminal bell, just 'choc. block' each single from the push and Tx or use the 'loop-in' terminal. Other 2 wires go across the chime's supply. If you don't want the chime on for any reason, just pull the 1A fuse or be posh and use an MCB.
What protocol is used to signal from the doorbell to the chimes that they should make a noise? I guess it isnt just a switch making contact because the light is on on this doorbell and cirrent must flow continuously through a smart doorbell.
What do I need to buy to run three door bells. I have three doors. On the building. We are done framing. I have the 18/2 roll of wire. But I need the hardware, and the chimes ? Thank you.
I just moved into a new home and the previous owner had a ringdoor bell pro powerkit installed and one wire goes to the front door bell and another to the rear instead of the transformer but it still works. I want to change the door bell chime because it's ancient and not sure if I should move the rear doorbell wire to the transformer screw. And yes there in no rear door bell in house.
What happens when my box has two blue and two white wires. I’m installing ecobee doorbell and have that with one white and one blue wire going to the device. I don’t know what to do with the 2 blue and 2 white wires in my doorbell box
Thanks! My door bell was not working. After watching this video, I realized there are two bells inside. I simply moved wire from bell #1 to bell #2 and it’s back in operation. Thanks for the help!
To answer a few questions i've seen, from what I've found out: There is a small circuit/whatever that lets a small amount of voltage thru to light the button, then when you press the button it lets ALL the voltage through. For those of you only seeing a small voltage when using a meter on the button contacts, that is only for the light on the button, you should see the whole 16v or what ever size the transformer is when you press the button, it then completes the circuit to trigger the chime.
My transformer is in the garage my chime is in the house. How do I know which wire is coming from the transformer to plug into the chime on the transformer post and which is coming from the doorbell?
Get this, some weird wiring. Today I installed doorbell, when i went to the chime block to install the chime kit that came with the cam, it's same like the one you showing in this video but 1 wire was terminated to Front terminal, other wire was terminated to Rear terminal, nothing on the Trans terminal. Go figure. Threw me off, so I just wired the same way, and it is working.
would anyone know what would happen if you bridged the front and rear connection screws? I ask because only one plunger is activated when the doorbell button is pressed. Would that make both plungers activate and make the doorbell louder?
I have four wires coming from the wall. 2/white (twisted together), and 2/red (one-trans, one-front both on the chime), and a 24v transformer (with 8v, and 16v options) which the doorbell/camera I'm installing requires. I need to connect the wires in a way that powers the 24v smart doorbell/camera, AND rings the inside chime. Yet when everything is connected the inside chime does not operate. Of the four wires, one white and one red are live/hot, and the other red and white are not. Am I to switch out the non-live red wire that's connected to the "front" terminal for one of the white (non-live?) wires?
Do you think it is okay to have two front doorbell buttons (one traditional button, one with video) in parallel, both connect to the chime's "front" terminal? I don't want to use the 'rear' terminal since they are both for front door. I want to add a video doorbell without removing the traditional doorbell. The transformer is 24V 40VA and should have no problem handling multiple doorbells.
I have a old house I have 2 black wires coming from electrical system hooked up to the old transformer How do I hook up the new transformer that has 3 wires 1black 1 green and 1 white ?
@@nfg79 i had the same question. I have the two same colored wires coming from the hole where the old chime box was. My dumb ass forgot to label which one was the trans and which one was front.
How is the light of the doorbell permanently on? But doesnt sound the chime till you push on the switch Dont understand where the lights getting its power from with out a circuit being made
All well and good if your chime terminals are clearly labelled. I came here specifically looking how to identify the chime terminals (I have 4 on my chime)
my existing doorbell and chime are still good. However, I replaced the existing doorbell with blink video doorbell to see video. After replacing the new blink doorbell, the blink door bell did not ring. Help me
Hi, Can you hook up the back doorbell too the front doorbell, so when you push the front door doorbell button the back and front will work together at the same time? double the noise! Thanks
What happens if I reverse the white wires at FRONT and TRANS? Best I can google is that no damage occurs to the transformer, but the REAR doorbell would not work. (Because TRANS is actually a COMMON for both FRONT & REAR. With COMMON leading back to the transformer.) Could someone confirm or correct me?
This information actually helped me to fix my door bell. I had to replace the transformer and switch the door bell from front to back door bell because the front door bell was not functioning.
So I was wondering if you could answer a question. At the chime the wires that I have there are unidentified. Does it matter if the wires are flipped? Will this affect anything?
So I noticed after watching your video that your chime box was upside down and did that to mine and it works like it should. Are you supposed to install them upside down?
Is there a way to figure out which wire is which? We took off the box for the doorbell that has the power, front, and back so now I have no idea which wire goes to which.
I have a one door bell house, a transformer in the garage (backside of electrical panel), and another in the closet close to the front door. There are four wires (two white, two red) in the closet where the transformer is, and a red and white wire from the wall where the chime is. My wiring does not look like your wiring and I am trying to fix my door bell. Please help.
Wherever the wires are accessible and you can hear the chime. Typically they are near a stairway so the sound carries or in a central part of the home. For larger homes people wire two so they can be heard throughout the home.
Out of assumption, 1 pair should be coming from the transformer (hot) The other 3 pairs should be Front, Rear and Side doorbell. Only issue is now to find out which one you're trying to use and wire it according to this video.
@@OneHourSmartHome Thanks, got it to work. I had to reconnect the wires on the transformer (Front & Transformer). It didn't work at first, switched them around, and it was golden. I appreciate the reply!
Scratched my head for months why I couldn't get my smart doorbell to work, only to now realise I accidentally unhooked a power line when I brodged them. Thank you
I just changed my chime to the same one you have bc ours was old(didn't even have a cover). It worked fine until I changed it and now it sounds weird. Idk what I did wrong 🤷♀️.
Great video! Wired my doorbell in minutes with your help!
Well done, from one pro to another.
This is the second home in which th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU we've replaced our "regular" doorbell with a Ring video doorbell and we really enjoy it. It is very easy to install and it works very well, with a clear picture through the app and good in-home use (we added the chime, which is also easy to install and doesn't require another thought to use).
After switching out my transformer, I forgot which wires go where, I spent over 45 minutes fiddling with that thing and saw several videos that did not help. This was exactly what I needed! I wish I would've ran into this video first! Thank you so much!
My chime does not have a transformer I just connected the 127v directly to it, it has a label that says 6w, would that work with a smart doorbell?
What was the outcome?
@@tianaguile5516they can’t reply. They probably got fried to death
Ok so say your installing 2 lorex smart doorbells. Comes with chime boxes. Do i need to wire one chime to the front and one to the rear?? Both going to trans??
Clear and to the point. Thank you
Thanks simple instructions and helps.
Very helpful, thank you! I've been having a heck of a time finding and replacing the old transformer in my 1930s house. Trying to get this new Ring Pro 2 working :)
Omg I love you. All of the men in my life has told me it's broken and completely useless, where we must open multiple walls for rewiring. Appears the actual bell may be dewired and I'd like a new unit, but I really don't think the wiring needs to be redone. I've never seen them wire it like this.
Best video on how something works i have ever seen ..great job
Thanks! I know for my class, white needs to be the return wire and black/red can be the supply but this is super simple and helpful! Thank you
Finally after two months I got my doorbell working thanks to you. 😀👍👍
Thanks a million. You made that super simple in a world of unnecessary complications!
Thanks for a quick and simple explanation. Replaced an 30 yr. old Nutone intercom with a Wyze video doorbell. Looking at your diagram made me realized I would short my system with the fuse supplied with the vid doorbell. Saved by the bell. Pun unintended.
Thanks. I have recently purchased a Lorex 2K doorbell camera and cannot complete the installation because I cannot find my doorbell chime. I found the transformer which has a current draw. It’s 16.5VAC at the transformer and 1.VAC at the two wires where the doorbell is supposed to be. I’m going to check for shorts in the on the transformer terminal end and both wires. Hopefully I’ll find it.
Thank You 👍🏽 for keeping it simple
I have a situation where at the transformer the wires are not labeled and I dont know which should be the trans and which should be the front. How do I find out which is which? Would something bad happen if I somehow reversed the wires?
FINALLY!!! A great simple video...Thank you
I have a Nutone and the inside is like this one, except there are four white wires coming out of the top of the black box on the left - the rest of the wires are inside the walls. Which wire goes where?
Can you use the transformer to supply power to a nest doorbell, without the cime?
Great explanation👍
Thank you I’ve been messing around with this stupid thing on and off forever
3rd terminal in the chimes is usually n/c and is the 'loop-in'.
I fitted my chimes in the middle room; fit bellpush on door.
NOW SWITCH OFF MAINS ELEC. SUPPLY - bell transformer (Tx) is by the CU wired with a few inches of 1.0mm T&E to a 1A cartridge fuse holder in a spare fuseway in CU.
Then run 1 length of 'figure 8' bellwire from push to chime; 2nd length from Tx to chime.
If it's a simple 2-terminal bell, just 'choc. block' each single from the push and Tx or use the 'loop-in' terminal. Other 2 wires go across the chime's supply.
If you don't want the chime on for any reason, just pull the 1A fuse or be posh and use an MCB.
I have no idea what you said, but I think it works well.
What protocol is used to signal from the doorbell to the chimes that they should make a noise? I guess it isnt just a switch making contact because the light is on on this doorbell and cirrent must flow continuously through a smart doorbell.
Thanks for the video. Do you have a video showing how to install the chime with doorbells are the Ring Pro. Thanks in advance.
I was scratching my head on a defective doorbell. Switch ok, transformer ok, wiring ok. The darn doorbell coil was open. $15 fix. Thanks!!
What do I need to buy to run three door bells. I have three doors. On the building. We are done framing. I have the 18/2 roll of wire. But I need the hardware, and the chimes ? Thank you.
Is an 18v 500mAh transformer enough power as well?
Thanks James
Haven’t wired one up in a while.
Quick and easy refresher ty!
I just moved into a new home and the previous owner had a ringdoor bell pro powerkit installed and one wire goes to the front door bell and another to the rear instead of the transformer but it still works. I want to change the door bell chime because it's ancient and not sure if I should move the rear doorbell wire to the transformer screw. And yes there in no rear door bell in house.
Thanks bro, i just got an old house it has everything wired but no chime, so i got one from hd and im about to wire it like u explained.
What happens when my box has two blue and two white wires. I’m installing ecobee doorbell and have that with one white and one blue wire going to the device. I don’t know what to do with the 2 blue and 2 white wires in my doorbell box
Is their any way that I can wire a single pole switch as my push button ?
if you want to get rid of the chime would you be able to wire the transformer wire directly to the door bell?
Yes you can wire the doorbell directly to the transformer and forgo the chime
Thanks! My door bell was not working. After watching this video, I realized there are two bells inside. I simply moved wire from bell #1 to bell #2 and it’s back in operation. Thanks for the help!
I tried this but I think the transformer might be busted. I’m not getting a read on the load side with my t1000
Awesome! Learned a lot and this material is appreciated, sincere thanks!
You are the best, thank you so much
To answer a few questions i've seen, from what I've found out: There is a small circuit/whatever that lets a small amount of voltage thru to light the button, then when you press the button it lets ALL the voltage through.
For those of you only seeing a small voltage when using a meter on the button contacts, that is only for the light on the button, you should see the whole 16v or what ever size the transformer is when you press the button, it then completes the circuit to trigger the chime.
Some door belt come with the diode. ???
How do I wire a 2nd door bell? Great vid!Thanks for sharing.
Great job, helped me a lot!
Glad it helped!
Quick question if possible. Can you bring both wires from the transformer directly? Or must you send one to the chime and button separately? Thanks,
I have the exact same question
Did yall figure it out
Good display. Only problem is you don't normally have single wire running throughout your house like that.
My transformer is in the garage my chime is in the house. How do I know which wire is coming from the transformer to plug into the chime on the transformer post and which is coming from the doorbell?
good video. thanks
Question . My doorbell is a older one and is marked T and 2 that's it any idea what that means ? Just curious to know .
Get this, some weird wiring. Today I installed doorbell, when i went to the chime block to install the chime kit that came with the cam, it's same like the one you showing in this video but
1 wire was terminated to Front terminal, other wire was terminated to Rear terminal, nothing on the Trans terminal. Go figure. Threw me off, so I just wired the same way, and it is working.
Thanks alot my friend!!! Your video made it work for me!!!! Nice job!
Start watching from 1:10 unless you want to know what a transformer is
Hi. If I want to eliminate my rear doorbell completely, do I simply disconnect from the rear terminal?
Can you install two door bell with one transformer?
What type of wires are you using?
Does the wiring matter? I can't see where the wire from the transformer go to.
Thank you so very much you’re very helpful The way you explain it not complicated though thanks again
Thanks!!
would anyone know what would happen if you bridged the front and rear connection screws? I ask because only one plunger is activated when the doorbell button is pressed. Would that make both plungers activate and make the doorbell louder?
I have four wires coming from the wall. 2/white (twisted together), and 2/red (one-trans, one-front both on the chime), and a 24v transformer (with 8v, and 16v options) which the doorbell/camera I'm installing requires. I need to connect the wires in a way that powers the 24v smart doorbell/camera, AND rings the inside chime. Yet when everything is connected the inside chime does not operate. Of the four wires, one white and one red are live/hot, and the other red and white are not. Am I to switch out the non-live red wire that's connected to the "front" terminal for one of the white (non-live?) wires?
if there is a settings menu in an app, it is likely that feature is currently disabled. Should be able to just turn it back on
Does it matter if trans on the chime receives a negative or the positive from the transformer.
Do you need to have the chime terminal when used for a ring doorbell?
I wonder the same. Did you try it?
Do you think it is okay to have two front doorbell buttons (one traditional button, one with video) in parallel, both connect to the chime's "front" terminal? I don't want to use the 'rear' terminal since they are both for front door. I want to add a video doorbell without removing the traditional doorbell. The transformer is 24V 40VA and should have no problem handling multiple doorbells.
I have a old house I have 2 black wires coming from electrical system hooked up to the old transformer How do I hook up the new transformer that has 3 wires 1black 1 green and 1 white ?
My doorbell looks just like this and still rings, but does not light up. How can I make the light work?
What if you mix up the wires? How do you find out which wire is for the transformer and which wire is for the doorbell
The polarity doesn’t matter
@@nfg79 i had the same question. I have the two same colored wires coming from the hole where the old chime box was. My dumb ass forgot to label which one was the trans and which one was front.
How is the light of the doorbell permanently on? But doesnt sound the chime till you push on the switch
Dont understand where the lights getting its power from with out a circuit being made
exactly!! like no one asks!
All well and good if your chime terminals are clearly labelled. I came here specifically looking how to identify the chime terminals (I have 4 on my chime)
my existing doorbell and chime are still good. However, I replaced the existing doorbell with blink video doorbell to see video. After replacing the new blink doorbell, the blink door bell did not ring. Help me
Thanks, you were a life saver.
Hi, Can you hook up the back doorbell too the front doorbell, so when you push the front door doorbell button the back and front will work together at the same time? double the noise! Thanks
What happens if I reverse the white wires at FRONT and TRANS? Best I can google is that no damage occurs to the transformer, but the REAR doorbell would not work. (Because TRANS is actually a COMMON for both FRONT & REAR. With COMMON leading back to the transformer.) Could someone confirm or correct me?
Very clear and accurate. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
This information actually helped me to fix my door bell. I had to replace the transformer and switch the door bell from front to back door bell because the front door bell was not functioning.
What colors belong to what??
I only needed to watch 15 secs of the video to figure out what I was doing wrong. Thanks!
So I was wondering if you could answer a question. At the chime the wires that I have there are unidentified. Does it matter if the wires are flipped? Will this affect anything?
How much do you charge for a door bell installation like this??
So I noticed after watching your video that your chime box was upside down and did that to mine and it works like it should. Are you supposed to install them upside down?
Is there a way to figure out which wire is which? We took off the box for the doorbell that has the power, front, and back so now I have no idea which wire goes to which.
My doobell has two transformers and six terminals. It rings front, rear and side. Do you have wiring diagram? Thanks.
I have a one door bell house, a transformer in the garage (backside of electrical panel), and another in the closet close to the front door. There are four wires (two white, two red) in the closet where the transformer is, and a red and white wire from the wall where the chime is. My wiring does not look like your wiring and I am trying to fix my door bell. Please help.
If the doorbell button is getting HOT what can it be?
Thank you!
Where should I install the chime doorbell? Is there a certain spot it should be mounted at?
Wherever the wires are accessible and you can hear the chime. Typically they are near a stairway so the sound carries or in a central part of the home. For larger homes people wire two so they can be heard throughout the home.
What if your house is wired for a doorbell with this wire, 4 pairs of wire colors (orange, blue, green and brown) which wires do you use?
Out of assumption, 1 pair should be coming from the transformer (hot)
The other 3 pairs should be Front, Rear and Side doorbell.
Only issue is now to find out which one you're trying to use and wire it according to this video.
Does the wires on the doorbell itself matter which place they go (top or bottom)?
Nope!
@@OneHourSmartHome Thanks, got it to work. I had to reconnect the wires on the transformer (Front & Transformer). It didn't work at first, switched them around, and it was golden. I appreciate the reply!
my House was built in the 1950s and the wires are all the same color. pls help
My house don’t have that transformer
Chime is upside down
Scratched my head for months why I couldn't get my smart doorbell to work, only to now realise I accidentally unhooked a power line when I brodged them. Thank you
I just changed my chime to the same one you have bc ours was old(didn't even have a cover). It worked fine until I changed it and now it sounds weird. Idk what I did wrong 🤷♀️.
Sometimes the wires or the cover can be touching the chime bar on top which will dampen the sound check this first.
I need a Diagram to can conect my Nest Doorbell LOL
The doorbell was installed upside down lol
Yes, I know you’re busy polluting the atmosphere
Bruh flip the video
Horrible explanation bro nothing on wire polarity pos or neg or signal . Give me my time bacl!😅
On the transformer is it the negative that you send to the doorbell trans and the positive you send to the button or does it matter