Battery doorbell powered, how quick does yours charge?

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You will be fine. It will charge upto 90% max

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So the transformer i bought makes a slight humming or buzzing noise. Apparently thats expected due to the transformer.

In a fit of madness i purchased the ring doorbell adaptor rated at 24VAC 20VA which gives about 0.8333 ma. On the phases im not sure if thats the same. I did so thinking the ring plug wont buzz or hum…plonka.

Anyway, im going to test both for shits.

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Using the 24v 500ma for ring doorbell etc from Amazon. Seems to be fine. So far.

Is anyone using an in-line resister, is it necessary?

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This is getting very frustrating.
It run out of battery after 1 DAY even being plugged to a 24v/63va transformer…

anyone else has this problem?

Also the app shows only a plug icon and never new the percentage of the battery until it just turned off without any notification…

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If you’re on iOS, switch power modes to see battery percentage. If you’re on android, download 1.7 version of the app. I replied to your other post.

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We’re using 24v 500ma plug in (as recommended on the back of the bell). When it was below 30% we had the plug icon, we fully charged it (usb) and with the transformer connected we have the battery icon and % . So far it hasnt lost charge over two days but it has only had a handful of detections.

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Quick update
Yesterday I fully charged it with usb as it died.
Today after 7 hours, being wired to the transformer and with optimal battery profile it has 66% battery!!!

I think something is wrong.
Probably I am going for a replacement

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I’d charge the doorbell and reconnect without the AC transformer and see how long that last for while speaking to support. Definitely get a replacement but rule out your transfer playing a part in the discharge.

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Mine seems to drop to 94% and then charged within minutes back to I assume full as I get the plug symbol.

This is from a Hager ST301 8v 4VA transformer so very small power input.
What’s it supposed to charge from and to anyone have an official answer? Surely topping up from 90% is worse than keeping it between 60 and 80%?

Can this be addressed in a firmware update so the battery doorbells stop pulling power at 80% for example?

See my install thread here