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Ring doorbell

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Hello, just wondering if anyone's ever hardwired an ring doorbell?


i fitted a 24 volt transformer module and just found out I have to add an wirewound resistor I bought from online 25ohm 50 watt 


the bell wire runs about 5 meters. I checked and the voltage is around 10 volts 

the ring requires between 16-24v. 

I have not fitted it yet but will try again
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    Almost certainly can help but only with quite a bit more info about exactly what you have in front of you -

    1 )firstly  which model of doorbell, they have a made a few over the years

    2 ) is the 24 V and 10v measured on load  or off load, and between where and where in the circuit

    3) is this a real real transformer of the kind with  an iron laminations and copper wire producing mains frequency AC  on the output, or an electronic substitute with either a DC output or a high frequency AC ?.

    4) Do you have a bit more info about this resistor mod - is there a link you can include to a diagram, web page, instructions you can show?
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    Almost certainly can help but only with quite a bit more info about exactly what you have in front of you -

    1 )firstly  which model of doorbell, they have a made a few over the years

    2 ) is the 24 V and 10v measured on load  or off load, and between where and where in the circuit

    3) is this a real real transformer of the kind with  an iron laminations and copper wire producing mains frequency AC  on the output, or an electronic substitute with either a DC output or a high frequency AC ?.

    4) Do you have a bit more info about this resistor mod - is there a link you can include to a diagram, web page, instructions you can show?
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