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I've bought a Nest Hello Doorbell and upon investigating our current set-up, my supposedly 'wired' doorbell is battery powered. I still want a regular (preferably traditional mechanical 'hold down the button' to ring) doorbell, so am looking at replacing what I currently have with something that is Nest compatible.
Nest says it requires 12-24v providing 8va. Almost all of the doorbells I've found however operate at 8v. It is this some strange quirk of UK doorbells? Or am I reading things incorrectly? Any specific links warmly received.
I'm assuming that as part of my installation I'll need a transformer to go from Mains -> 12-24v. What would be the usual way of installing this? Does it go straight into the fuse-box? I don't have a plug close to the front door, and certainly not one that could also happily hide a transformer box. The fusebox is under the stairs though, and running a length of thin 12-24v capable wire would be relatively easy.
Thanks!
Nest says it requires 12-24v providing 8va. Almost all of the doorbells I've found however operate at 8v. It is this some strange quirk of UK doorbells? Or am I reading things incorrectly? Any specific links warmly received.
I'm assuming that as part of my installation I'll need a transformer to go from Mains -> 12-24v. What would be the usual way of installing this? Does it go straight into the fuse-box? I don't have a plug close to the front door, and certainly not one that could also happily hide a transformer box. The fusebox is under the stairs though, and running a length of thin 12-24v capable wire would be relatively easy.
Thanks!