Ring doorbell Pro installation help

[LWB Electrical]

Hi, does anyone on here have any experience wiring a Ring doorbell Pro from scratch? All the information provided by ring is if you were replacing an existing doorbell installation. Contacted Ring but they were less then helpful

 

[buzzlightyear]

https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/article_attachments/115016536546/Ring_manual_Doorbell_ENGLISH.pdf
https://support.ring.com/hc/en-us/a...6/Ring_manual_DoorbellPro_North_America_B.pdf

 

[LWB Electrical]

Thanks. Does that mean wiring the doorbell is optional? Would it just work off WiFi?

 

[buzzlightyear]

wi fi .

 

[SparkyChick]

It will work off WiFi but the battery will run out quite quickly. Much better to hard wire it (have been asked to do this by a client)

 

[LWB Electrical]

Ok and what about mechanical chime? I know I take power source to transformer but irs making sure I have correct connections between transformer, chime and doorbell. That's what I need wiring diagram for

 

[buzzlightyear]

two wire system ,what more do you want .

 

[LWB Electrical]

To know the connections. As I've just said

 

[buzzlightyear]

To know the connections. As I've just said

its just like wiring a transformer to door bell .

 

[Midwest]

I thought it was quite simply; if you have a suitable existing doorbell transformer, use that. If not get one, if not is has to rely on battery power.
The mystery of WiFi I can't explain, but it does it through space man (not spaceman i.e. buzz)
Or am I missing your point LWB?

 

[SparkyChick]

As far as I'm aware, if there is no existing chime, you should use the transformer supplied with the Ring pro and connect the in-line fuse (also supplied) in one of the lines from the tranformer to the door bell.

When installed alongside an existing chime, the chime is bypassed using the in-line fuse.

 

[LWB Electrical]

Thanks all for your help. It was more the chime I was considering, is the chime that comes with the ring a plug in one then? So in that case I would only need to wire from transformer to the doorbell

 

[buzzlightyear]

only need to wire from transformer to the doorbell

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[LWB Electrical]

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What does this mean?

 

[SparkyChick]

Thanks all for your help. It was more the chime I was considering, is the chime that comes with the ring a plug in one then? So in that case I would only need to wire from transformer to the doorbell

Yes, the chime for the Ring Pro is a plug-in unit that you can site anywhere. To the best of my knowledge the Ring Pro cannot drive external chimes.

In terms of connections, yes I believe it's straight through from the transformer to the door bell unit but you should be sure to include the in-line fuse supplied.