Doorbell cameras

mynameiswhatever
Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:09:58 +0000

MWCDSS:

I would get about three weeks between changes, which was acceptable to me, but I eventually hardwired the doorbell so that I didn’t need to think about the swap while traveling.

While we have several cameras, the doorbell camera is probably the most important, as it is the one camera that covers our drive and the gated fence area into our yard. When I first had mine installed, there wasn’t an option for a rechargeable doorbell.

We also didn’t have a doorbell, amazingly enough, when we got our home, so I had to have an electrician come to hardwire it in. I have a plug-in Ring chime rather than an electric or mechanical doorbell chime. If you have an existing doorbell, the installation for the camera is simple. Hooking it up to an existing chime is a bit trickier.

We get street vehicular traffic and some pedestrian traffic, which the Ring doorbell camera picks up. I would have to change batteries all the time if it were battery-operated. So, for us, hardwired is the better option.

Again, I highly recommend it. If you pay $100/year, all your cameras are covered, and you get to see video for something like 30 days. We’ve had people crash into our fence when parking etc, so it’s a security camera in the widest sense.

I would suggest you get a small sign to let people know you have video surveillance. You can generic signs from Amazon, etc, and I would avoid telling people that it is Ring. Not because Ring is bad, but keep the “bad guys” guessing as to what you mean.