Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

[billroper]

I ran to Menard's over lunch and picked up one bag of assorted wire nuts (just because) and another bag of jumbo wire nuts. It took less than five minutes to hook up this five-wire mess with the jumbo nut, including testing to make sure that I had the appropriate AC voltage at the transformer. So far, so good.

However, it turns out that the old chime is toast, because when you press the doorbell, it does not ring. It just buzzes. This is not a surprise. But the transformer install is correct, so I was able to button all of that back up and put the attached light fixture back in place. This makes Julie happy, because it is good to have a light at the top and bottom of the stairs.

When I installed the new transformer, I installed a 24V model, because if I decide I want a wired video doorbell, that's the price of admission. I have now bought a chime that is rated for 24V which should arrive tomorrow.

I will decide at some later date if installing a wired video doorbell is worth the trouble. :)

Just for reference, anyone have any experience with wired video doorbells that will work with your existing chime? Many apparently don't. And most of them require a subscription to store video (maybe all of them do) and that is something that I will not be paying for, so a way to store video without a subscription would be a major plus.

Technology! Ain't it grand?

Comments

[sraun]

I recall ... ZDNet doing reviews of video doorbells. At least one didn't require a subscription, I don't remember if there was a wired version of it.

A quick search found a Consumer Reports list of no subscription models. Reading the list, I think Eufy was the one ZDNet reviewed at least semi-favorably.