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Nest Hello Doorbell Install
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Had ordered one of these and tried connecting it up this morning... Went pophttps://www.tme.eu/en/details/pss10_230_24v/safety-transformers/breve-tufvassons/?brutto=1¤cy=EUR&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxtPYBRD6ARIsAKs1XJ5-hK3yZLmKkDB2S_wABqfrBqm_VRG4tpeaBswfzuph-pVPlXofPFIaArfbEALw_wcB for the transformer, had it in about 3 or 3 days, very fast
No info (obvious to me anyway) on it which terminal on top took live and which took neutral. I put live in the left (as you face it) and neutral in the right. After flipping the trip switch the capacitor between the primary connectors popped.
I guess I got live and neutral the wrong way round. Anyone out there with one of these installed can you please confirm wiring?0 -
slicedpanman wrote: »Had ordered one of these and tried connecting it up this morning... Went pop
No info (obvious to me anyway) on it which terminal on top took live and which took neutral. I put live in the left (as you face it) and neutral in the right. After flipping the trip switch the capacitor between the primary connectors popped.
I guess I got live and neutral the wrong way round. Anyone out there with one of these installed can you please confirm wiring?
Did you put it in upside down?0 -
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slicedpanman wrote: »Had ordered one of these and tried connecting it up this morning... Went pop
No info (obvious to me anyway) on it which terminal on top took live and which took neutral. I put live in the left (as you face it) and neutral in the right. After flipping the trip switch the capacitor between the primary connectors popped.
I guess I got live and neutral the wrong way round. Anyone out there with one of these installed can you please confirm wiring?
Getting the Live and Neutral mixed up wont cause any damage. you will need to connect the Live and Neutral between the terminals with 240 on them.
As others have said if you connect the mains accross the low voltage side you will irreparably damage the transformer or as we say you let the smoke out.0 -
slicedpanman wrote: »Thanks for that vintagecosmos... Assumed that the primary 230V went in at the top like the transformer I was replacing, doh
I did the same
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I'm hoping to get lucky and fit a Nest Hello myself rather than have to get the Electrician to do it.
I have a wired doorbell and electric chime so all good so far.
Did I get lucky with the transformer or will it need to be replaced/altered in some way?
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You can run it for a while and see. Few people reported it dropping from wifi with lower voltage transformerJe_suis_Jean wrote: »I'm hoping to get lucky and fit a Nest Hello myself rather than have to get the Electrician to do it.
I have a wired doorbell and electric chime so all good so far.
Did I get lucky with the transformer or will it need to be replaced/altered in some way?0 -
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Je_suis_Jean wrote: »I'm hoping to get lucky and fit a Nest Hello myself rather than have to get the Electrician to do it.
I have a wired doorbell and electric chime so all good so far.
Did I get lucky with the transformer or will it need to be replaced/altered in some way?
I had this exact transformer in my house (hager ST 303).
My house bell was connected to the 8v and it wasn't enough to power the nest when I swapped it in. 12v may work but I think it might still be too low. I had already gotten a 24v one so never even tried the 12v. Nest recommends 16 v - 24 v.0 -
micks_address wrote: »You can run it for a while and see. Few people reported it dropping from wifi with lower voltage transformer
Thanks for that micks_address, I might just give it a crack and see, if I have to get the transformer changed then so be it.
As an aside, does the Nest Hello offer the option of connecting to 5Ghz WiFi? I have both bands available and IIRC 5Ghz might be easier for the device to process so in turn might get by with the lower voltage or is that just me showing my complete ignorance of both WiFi and all things electrical?
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micks_address wrote: »Unlikely to get major discount in Ireland or UK store. They doing bundles in the US where you get 50 dollars off a home hub if you buy a hello
You're right unfortunately, €50 off lots of Google Home products but the Nest Hello is excluded, still €279 0 -
Je_suis_Jean wrote: »You're right unfortunately, €50 off lots of Google Home products but the Nest Hello is excluded, still €279
The UK site have a free home mini with the hello.
Hope on Friday it drops more but un likely0 -
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Je_suis_Jean wrote: »I just got an email from Google saying their Black Friday sale "Starts Now" but the Nest Hello is excluded. Still £229 on the UK site and no sign of a free Home Mini even at checkout
I just looked again on the UK site it has free mini on the hello page and free mini box when you press buy now0 -
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Getting the Live and Neutral mixed up wont cause any damage. you will need to connect the Live and Neutral between the terminals with 240 on them.
As others have said if you connect the mains accross the low voltage side you will irreparably damage the transformer or as we say you let the smoke out.
Just ordered my Nest Hello but will likely have to change the transformer. Is that strictly a professional electrician job (very hard to get one to do small jobs like this) or can it be safely done by an average DIY'er?
I've got this transformer installed currently but not sure if the ringer is connected to 8v or 12v. Whatever about 12v I assume 8v won't do anything given Nest recommend 16v - 24v. 0 -
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