RingPlug-In Adapter (2nd generation) for Doorbells

I originally purchased an off brand, no name device to hardwire my Ring battery doorbell. It would not keep the Ring device charged so I sent it back and replaced it with a Ring brand name plug in. It has maintained a charge and is working flawlessly! Lesson learned; cheaper is not better. Buy the brand name!

It arrived as expected. I had problems with my Ring because the battery was drained and every two days, I had to take it out and charged it. Now, I just plugged it in, and the battery is charged 100% and I have no problems with my Ring anymore.

I bought 3 of these. Quite frankly, I was tired of taking them off and recharging them about every 3-4 weeks.I use Gen 2 Ring Doorbells. They’re inexpensive, and produce a pretty wide picture. I also got 3 for $10 per month for storage.I would like to purchase an extra battery in case a battery discharges before this charger can recharge one of the batteries.I use my Doorbells “full on.” Meaning I use everything available to me. Video, snapshot capture, etc. As much as I can use.This takes power. So at times my batteries will go down.As of yet, I’ve not had one go below about 55%. But they do discharge during the day as things are moving. No big deal, so far!One thing I am doing is to put the doorbells in sleep mode 2 hours per day while I’m at home to help the charger catch up the charge.I ran the 9’ cord through the wall to a receptacle. Make sure to put some slack where it goes through the wall, and caulk the wire hole. EZ stuff. Also run the cord along the baseboard so you can’t see it. Blends in pretty well.Make sure you’re wireless is getting good signal, or it will pull more power to operate.All said, things are operating well. BTW, the unit produces 24VDC. Test you unit with a multimeter. Use the DC voltage on the multimeter and lug into the wall. It should show 24.0 DC. If you don’t know what you’re doing, bu all means get someone that knows what there doing. Please.Good luck.Peace ✌️

The adapter is great and works perfect. The size is small and not too large. I like the fact we don’t have to remove the unit and charge it with the charger; the Ring is always fully charged. There’s no issues with the quality of the camera and we haven’t experienced any lag time issue. My husband said it was easy to install.

I rated installation 3 stars not because it is not easy because to install, it is basically super easy (the problem relies on the base mount on the [Doorbell2] that does not have an opening to get the cable out without crushing the cable and ruining it and instructions are too general instead of being specific to each Doorbell that is supposed to work with.So here is what I had to do:1. Dismount camera & connect cable to the camera. (Super easy to do & if working the light wil change to a permanent white color)2. Since I live on a rented apartment, I am not allowed to drill holes, specially in the back porch door [metal one], and had to figure out how to make the cable extend out of the mount without crushing it & ruining the cable.3. Did my due diligence & researched for compatible mounts to see if one had an opening but found none, called Ring Support to see if they could help me with more info or suggestions, but there are not mounts available for my needs, when asked if I could drill a hole on the mount they said it would not invalidate the warranty as long as camera was not affected.4. Decided not to drill because bottom edge of the 45° mount is too thin, so I used my soldering kit [set at 250° F] to begin marking where I needed to create a space to have the cable exit without damage. After a while the plastic melted to where I needed to create the space without ruining the mount and was able to use a round file to clean the edges. [Tha did the job & cable was able to exit out of mount without any damages]5. Double checked on the app & camera was recording and detecting motion [As a matter of fact the video looks better that when you have a battery pack only] double checked the battery still installed on the camera [you can locate info under Device Health tab] and it was chargin it (went from 50% to 63% in less than 30 mins)6. Placee camera back on the mount & was done with installation.If Ring would have provided a different mount for my Doorbell 2, this would have been a less than 5 mins installation, that being said it took me a while to figure out my options, call Ring Support, call Amazon to end up deciding what to do.PROS: Overall the cable does what it is meant to do, will charge your battery pack, and video output looks better than before. The installation process it is super easy [unscrew 4 smaller screws on the mount, attach black & red cables to the back of the camera (DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN PLEASE] and PRESTO! camera should work without any issues.CONS: If you have a Doorbell 2 like me, and have very few options of installation like me you'll need to figure out a way to make the cable exit from the mount without damaging it.Overall: Im happy that the cable works and gives me peace of mind that I won't be needing to change a battery pack every few days (my back porch is a high traffic area) and it works as describes. Would have rated 5 stars if I didn't had to go the extra mile to install the cable.NOTE: I know that there is a solar panel exists for my type of camera but it does not help when the camera is inside an enclosed screened porch & it is located where it does not get direct sunglight at any time of the day. My back porch is facing North & does not get direct sunglight at all, plus my HOA will not allow the bigger solar panel placed outside of my porch. Any questions feel free to respond to my review if you are allowed to do so. [Not sure if you can]HAPPY SHOPPING! & do your research before buying.

The adapter itself is easy to understand, you only have two connection points and it doesn't matter the polarity. I too had a similar issue with the doorbell reattaching once the cord was partially behind the doorbell. It was far too thick. Before you go and chop a hole into your doorbell, try removing the cord sheathing with wire stripper just what will remain behind the doorbell. Once you've done that the Red\Black wires are much smaller and can fit neatly behind the doorbell.NOTE: This adapter acts as a trickle charger to any previous battery operated doorbell. You can call Ring if you like, or take my word for it, but your Ring battery will still drain and MUST be inserted for your doorbell to function. The trickle will eventually charge your battery IF your doorbell doesn't go off a lot during the day.I think the concept of this is great, but as others have mentioned, you need a longer cable to really be able to run this anywhere beyond your front door. I have an extension cable running underneath a deck\porch to plug into an existing circuit. But as this indicates "Indoor" only I run the risk of it failing over time. The price I pay for a builder who didn't install a doorbell. Thanks!