Have one had it for a few years just the basic wired one and we find it brilliant. It’s €40 a year subscription tho which is why we recently bought a eufy one haven’t set it up yet
No, absolutely not. I didn't bother reading though this thread fully, but once I saw someone say that an old chime would not have the power automatically, I just stopped because that is not true.
I have an ancient old chime and wires doorbell that I changed to the cheap wired Ring. You had to install a jumper into the chime, wire up the doorbell and run setup. No electrician needed. But the old chime won't work because you are bypassing it by putting in the jumper. So you either buy the chime, or like me, connect it directly to my Alexa in my home, and use that as the "doorbell"
I bought the cheap $49 Wired Doorbell. My home is late 1800's with a mechanical spring chime that I suspect is from the 50s or maybe 60s. The wired doorbell comes with a jumper that you screw into the two connection points in the chime.
My home had an 18V transformer, so I was all set. I would find your transformer and take a look (it lists the voltage on it) before I worry about needing an electrician.
>The wired only model equires specific power requirements, no? 16-24 volt , 30-40VA
yes. but that's a good upgrade regardless
>Will that trickle charge the battery of the ring door bell pro if I hook these wires up?
if you have power going to the location, please DON'T get the battery version. you'll be much happier with the wired one.
>Why do you advice against the battery powered version?
battery version is slower to react to motion. live view takes a little longer to start, the pro 2 has bigger video frame. you get shorter snapshot intervals with wired. you don't have to worry about the battery not charging when it gets cold.
I recently installed the basic hardwire (wall plug transformer) Ring doorbell camera ($49.00) and haven’t subscribed to any service from them. It’s perfect for my needs. Notifications through my iphone,ipad, echo shows and a wall mounted echo hub.
The problem I had was that my then-current security alarm provider kept upping the fees each year, \~€40 per month. And for home contents insurance purposes I needed an external company to monitor. Last Black Friday, Ring had a promotion, so I bought a full bundle pack \~€240 about half price, that mirrored exactly what I had in my apartment. And even on the premium plan, it was half the monthly cost of my then provider!
I’m a techie and would have no problem building a solution if I didn’t need an external company. But as I wired a Ring Intercom into the apartment intercom system a few years ago, it kinda made sense to stick to the same vendor.
So waited until February when my previous supplier’s contract ended, giving them three month’s notice, and installed the Ring system in about 3 hours.
The first month is free, and then saving €20 per month. So in the first year, the entire bundle pays for itself.
I’m not a walking advertisement for Ring, but it’s no-nonsense. I’ll be purchasing more cameras for the balconies, and while not in Europe, there is a sensor available in the States that if our smoke alarm goes off, it will make the Ring system notify us.
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