Is there AC power to the wires behind my doorbell?

[Reach4]

When people get a Ring doorbell, they may be able to power it thru the old doorbell wires. The chime probably has to be wired out of the circuit, and the transformer may need more VA than the old doorbell took. But they don't have to run new wires to the front door.

 

[Jeff H Young]

When people get a Ring doorbell, they may be able to power it thru the old doorbell wires. The chime probably has to be wired out of the circuit, and the transformer may need more VA than the old doorbell took. But they don't have to run new wires to the front door.

ha ha read what OP said there is no chime or transformer . we been duped lol

 

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[LLigetfa]

ha ha read what OP said there is no chime or transformer .

Actually the OP didn't say there is no chime, just that it doesn't work. Also didn't say there is no transformer, just that it cannot be found.

 

[LLigetfa]

When people get a Ring doorbell, they may be able to power it thru the old doorbell wires.

The same holds true for Ubiquiti.

 

[Jadnashua]

The doorbell transformer can be any place they decided to put it. Is there a front/rear doorbell? Does the other door's bell work? If so, there's a transformer somewhere. Have you checked for power at the chime?

With Ring doorbells, you attach a small adapter at the chime location that rectifies the power to power the unit. If I remember correctly, it came with the unit so I didn't have to buy anything extra.

 

[Ron_Jeremy]

I might suggest an upgrade to the Doorbell Pro and power it with the PoE adapter

Thanks for the input. I'm aware of the Pro but I'm not paying $300 USD for a doorbell and getting an ethernet cable to the doorbell location would be a nightmare. My Ubiquiti cameras are all ethernet but I'm fine with using the wifi-only (non-Pro) doorbell but will have to wait for the wifi chime to become available.