If you are uncomfortable reading wiring diagrams hooking up wires or soldering them in place consult a licensed electrician for assistance or use the built in rechargeable battery to power your video doorbell.
Resistor ring doorbell wiring diagram.
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If you hook up a ring video doorbell directly to an ac transformer without either a resistor or an internal chime there is a serious fire risk.
Wiring diagrams for ring video doorbell 2 setup if you re in the process of setting up multiple ring video doorbell 2 units internal doorbells and transformers the following wiring diagrams may help.
One ring video doorbell two internal doorbells.
Ring video doorbell.
Doorbell transformers often have two screw terminals.
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Connecting the ring video doorbell 2 to an ac transformer requires some knowledge of wiring and soldering.
Wires should be soldered onto the resistor and a wire clip can be used on the other end.
Ground neutral hot wires.
One of these terminals connects via wire to the doorbell chime and the other connects to the doorbell push button.
Typically the ground wire will be green the neutral wire will be white and the hot or live.
Do not install a diode.
A resistor is required in place of a mechanical or electronic doorbell kit for this alternate configuration to work successfully.
These three wires connect the doorbell transformer to your home s electrical system.
In addition to the equipment included in your ring video doorbell box you will need to purchase an electronic resistor.