When I bought my Wyze Video Doorbell v1, I removed my doorbell chime from the wall in the hallway, I never liked the look of it and with the v1 it had a remote chime, so I got rid of it. Now I have the v2 doorbell and I am not sure how to hook it up, all of the instructions call for the existing chime to be in place.
Does anyone have any suggestions here? I have two wires, one black and one white (neutral and hot I assume) that run through a low voltage transformer inside the wall. The instructions say I should use the chime controller, but I am not sure if I should run black to black and white to white through the controller or not.
If you aren’t using the Chime Controller, wouldn’t you just leave that in the box and hook the wires that were on the V1 up to the V2 in the same way?
I don’t know. I was going to buy one to replace my V1 but have held off until all the questions get answered. I also don’t want it in black. That statement doesn’t make much sense though. If it isn’t going to work well without the Chime Controller, how is anyone without a chime going to use one.
Since you already have it though, it won’t hurt to test.
It worked, no issues so far. Set up and have it running through Alexa for chime and person detection notifications, so fingers crossed no long term issues.
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No. The VDBv1 Remote Doorbell Chimes only work with the VDBv1. Same goes for the Pro Chime that comes with the VDB Pro. The VDBv2 has no remote chime. It comes with a Chime Controller that is installed into a preexisting chime.
Thanks for the reply. This will deter me from replacing my doorbell v1 with a doorbell v2, as my house was not built with a chime. Unless somehow a Google Home can be used as a chime.
Has anyone tried connecting the DBV2 to a wall plug transformer? My house doesn’t have an existing doorbell chime or wiring. I currently have a Nest doorbell powered by a wall plug transformer that chimes through my Google speakers.
Ok so I’ve had a V2 Doorbell die (dead) and have a replacement. I’ve also had 3 transformers die!!!
This is my last attempt with Wyze before I switch to google or alexa.
One user here suggested I use the chime controller, but I DO NOT have a chime box, so where can I find a wiring schematic to make sure I’m wiring the chime controller correctly between the Cam and the Doorbell transformer?
I just read your posts in the Video Doorbell Pro topic, but I’m responding here because this is relevant to the product you actually have. I’m not sure what steps you’ve tried since your last posts over a week ago in that topic, so that might be a good place to start.
If you want to proceed anyway, then I think you’d essentially just be wiring Chime Controller directly into the circuit between your transformer and Video Doorbell v2, in which case you’d connect one conductor of the 2-conductor pair coming from the doorbell camera to the Chime Controller’s black wire, connect the Chime Controller’s red wire to the conductor going back to the transformer, and leave the Chime Controller’s white wire free. As I understand it, that would basically just be using the Chime Controller in its fuse capability, and you’d essentially wire it per the instructions in the Chime Controller Installation Guide, only making a direct connection from the Chime Controller to the transformer (essentially deleting the chime box), and the Chime Controller’s white wire wouldn’t connect to anything because you have no FRONT or REAR terminal to make a connection (so I’d be inclined to just cover the wire’s spade terminal with electrical tape). It’s kind of like how you leave the white wire disconnected when using the “alternate wiring instructions”.
Before doing that, though, I’d want to know if your existing wiring has any problems, especially since you mentioned the possibility of replacing that in the other topic. Personally, I like testing things myself, because it gives me an excuse to learn and play with the multimeter.
At this juncture, I would suggest a possible consideration of the recently released Wyze universal wi-fi chime which is reported as compatible with all Wyze doorbells. Except I do not see comparative listing for WVDB.v1. Should be solution for @haffey and his db.v2.
I ordered a Wyze Cam OG which I’m using as a Chime, the problem now is the actual doorbell isn’t working again after changing to a brand new transformer and brand new wires.
I followed this to a T and it was working for about 1-2 hours and now the Wyze V2 doorbell has gone dark and no longer has a light, I’m done for today, will do some more tests tomorrow. It’s at the point where I’m not sure if it’s worth the time and effort anymore, feel like I should just move on to a Google doorbell from here.
Why the chime controller if you are not using an existing house mechanical chime? That’s the purpose for the controller. Did you go back into settings for the doorbell and switch to camera as chime? I would consider removing the controller and testing leads from original wiring to insure you have power to the doorbell for existing network connection to continue and be successful.
Test the transformer output, they are not generally known to go bad. I moved into a house with a 25+ years old transformer still working. I only switched out to a newer higher power for upgrading to Wyze v2 and now Wyze Duo doorbells. I am using house mechanical chime so controllers were a must for me.
So before you think you were killing transformers and now you think you’ve killed the doorbell itself? That blows, and I have no what’s happening at your installation. I share your frustration, because this kind of diagnosis by proxy is difficult, and this is the type of situation I’d really like to see for myself and get my hands on.
I am not an electrician. 