Nest Hello Doorbell Install

Nedved85

OK Cool Thanks,
Would you happen to know the doorbell model you have in your hall? Just in case there are any issues with the one we are putting in. Thanks

micks_address

Nedved85 wrote: »

OK Cool Thanks,
Would you happen to know the doorbell model you have in your hall? Just in case there are any issues with the one we are putting in. Thanks

The chime? I think it's freidland model from woodies a good few years ago

Nedved85

micks_address wrote: »

Nedved85 wrote: »

OK Cool Thanks,
Would you happen to know the doorbell model you have in your hall? Just in case there are any issues with the one we are putting in. Thanks

The chime? I think it's freidland model from woodies a good few years ago

Yup,
The chime in the hall.
Cheers for that.

micks_address

Nedved85 wrote: »

Yup,
The chime in the hall.
Cheers for that.

If you check the installation pics on my earlier post you can see the chime wired

Nedved85

Perfect, Thanks

slayerking

Nest doorbell and 24v bell transformer ordered.
We've actually got two wired chime boxes, one on ground floor and another upstairs.
I assume the box only comes with one chime connector, are the absolutely needed or what do they do does anyone know?

micks_address

slayerking wrote: »

Nest doorbell and 24v bell transformer ordered.
We've actually got two wired chime boxes, one on ground floor and another upstairs.
I assume the box only comes with one chime connector, are the absolutely needed or what do they do does anyone know?

Yes I think they are needed. Without the connector the chime will always ring. The hello needs constant power so the circuit needs to be complete. You maybe need to disconnect the second chime or ask nest if they can supply a second extension. Might be wrong on that..

slayerking

micks_address wrote: »

Yes I think they are needed. Without the connector the chime will always ring. The hello needs constant power so the circuit needs to be complete. You maybe need to disconnect the second chime or ask nest if they can supply a second extension. Might be wrong on that..

Cheers, I'll have to get on to nest to see what they recommend. I could live without one of them in any case if necessary!

OU812

Looks like I have a problem. That’s the fuse box and there’s no doorbell nor room to add one.

We have a powered bell so it must be directly connected to something else.

micks_address

OU812 wrote: »

Looks like I have a problem. That’s the fuse box and there’s no doorbell nor room to add one.

We have a powered bell so it must be directly connected to something else.

What's the black box underneath the fuse box? Our bell transformer was separate to the fuse box.

OU812

micks_address wrote: »

What's the black box underneath the fuse box? Our bell transformer was separate to the fuse box.

Seems to be a very old main trip. There was one of the old style fuseboxes installed prior to changing it for that one a few years ago.

Moreilly

Anybody here who ordered from the nest Ireland website just get their order cancelled?

slayerking

Moreilly wrote: »

Anybody here who ordered from the nest Ireland website just get their order cancelled?

Mine still processing and hasn't cancelled (yet). My understanding is that they are starting to ship them out from today

Nedved85

I ordered via Nest UK, posting to Parcel Motel. Order is in status "processing".

RunDMC

I chatted with a support technician yesterday because my Nest Aware subscription wasn't associated with my Nest Hello. He said that the demand in Europe was so high that the back-end systems couldn't keep up, hence the issue with my subscription. I imagine that demand that high will have an impact on their ability to fulfill orders.

R

Nedved85

Just saw that Nest took the money for my Nest Hello anyways so they must be shipping soon.

slayerking

Mine shipped last night via DHL from Netherlands.

Moreilly

Mine shipped as well now, have a 24v 10va transformer ready to install as well - just checked the chime, bog standard mechanical chime but it is 8v , wonder will i get away with supplying 24v to it...., if not has anybody seen any 24v chimes for sale anywhere?....

micks_address

Moreilly wrote: »

Mine shipped as well now, have a 24v 10va transformer ready to install as well - just checked the chime, bog standard mechanical chime but it is 8v , wonder will i get away with supplying 24v to it...., if not has anybody seen any 24v chimes for sale anywhere?....

Mine isnt a 24 volt chime and works fine. I think it's 16v

OU812

Dis you guys use the existing old bell wire or do a rewire job?

micks_address

OU812 wrote: »

Dis you guys use the existing old bell wire or do a rewire job?

Existing wire

OU812

Think it'd be any better with a higher gauge wire?

micks_address

OU812 wrote: »

Think it'd be any better with a higher gauge wire?

Mine was heavy gauge already... Don't know gauges but stiff copper wire core

dingding

OU812 wrote: »

Think it'd be any better with a higher gauge wire?

Probably not, it is the current that causes the voltage drop and issues with cable. As this is using a higher voltage transformer, the current should be lower and therefore the cable size should be fine.

The cable only powers the bell, so it should not have any impact.

Probably more important your wifi signal.

dingding

I was changing my wifi connection and I noticed there has been an update to the app. You can reconfigure the wifi network, without the previous procedure of disconnecting the camera, scanning the bar-code and resetting up the camera.

This is so much handier.

Note:- This only works for the Nest Hello, the other cameras need to scan the barcode

keithdub

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Irish Water: Mairead wrote:

We will certainly follow up on this for you, if you can PM the following details:

Irish Water: Mairead wrote:

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we are very sorry to hear you experienced this.

RacoonQueen wrote:

My feedback though, it might be worth adding a section to your website that allows people to contact on issues like this as I live in a rented apartment, I have no account with IW myself so hard to contact you for this via your website. Not everyone has twitter or a boards account. And something like this should obviously be repaired with priority.

It's an easy fix to wire the chime in but it will be beside your fuse board once it's out in the hall your laughing

keithdub

Most transformers for doorbell are from 8 to 24v dc. And if the op needs a chime you could get any electrician to wire on beside your fuse board that's an easy fix

teabot

I had no luck finding a chime at a suitable voltage in the UK so used a relay to trigger a different type of chime.

OU812

Anyone know if amazon are planning to sell the hello or is their purchase of ring going to stop that? Have a business account with them & could pick it up sans VAT which would be nice.

They seem to have no problem selli gmorber ring product competitors made by nest

dingding

teabot wrote: »

I had no luck finding a chime at a suitable voltage in the UK so used a relay to trigger a different type of chime.

I used a lower voltage chime and it was fine. I set the bell to ring it for one second.