Google Nest Doorbell (Wired, 2nd Gen)

“eventually we started getting fake/ghost chiming inside the house (caused by fluctuating voltage). Finally upgraded the transformer to 24V/40VA (~$20 from HD) and everything works now.”

“reach out to Google first and ask them to send me a replacement puck as I suspected mine was defective. The replacement puck came the next day, I installed it, and it worked!”

“I wired the chime connector in series - between the output of the doorbell and the chime, and everything seems to work perfectly. I never got any hum in any configuration.”

“Google screwed up the firmware a while ago and still hasn't fixed it. Toggling the "indoor chime" off and on and sometimes "electronic chime" fixes it for almost everyone.”

“I connected the puck instead to “front” and “back” (back was unoccupied since we have no back doorbell). This resulted in no plunger vibration or buzz, and the chime work”

“I ended up replacing the transformer to a 30v and doorbell itself. The puck is required otherwise the mechanical bell plunger bounces around. It works correctly now.”

“Ever since upgrading to the 2nd gen nest doorbell, the chime stopped working. Thanks to your suggestion, I removed the chime connector and now the chime works.”

“I found a setting asking whether we had an electronic chime or not. It was set to “yes” - I changed it to “no” and immediately the chime was working properly.”

“Mine was 16v/10A which Google said would work. Had enough juice to power the cameras but not the chime. Ordered a 24V/40A of Amazon and problem solved.”

“I went to Home Depot and bought another transformer for about US$20 that was 30VA and replaced the older one. The inside chime now works perfectly.”

“I installed my nest doorbell on the 8VAC side and the chime worked for awhile then stopped. I switched wiring on transformer to 16VAC and solved it”

“I had bought a 24v transformer and that was incompatible with my existing chime. I replaced the chime with a 24v chime and it works properly now”

“I have been trying to figure this out for about 3 months. Ordered a transformer and I can't locate it to replace it, new doorbell for ~$170, new chime for ~$40. All of this to find out I just needed to disconnect a wire.”

“I recently just spent $150 for someone to come out and do diagnostic check on my transformer, chime and doorbell, guy couldnt figure it out”

“I had the same issue and playing with different settings worked. My original 12V Transformer had to be changed to a 24V one for it to work”

“Mine has worked to -40C but it’s only rated to -20C. I have it set to max resolution and there is some pixel dropping but it still works.”

“After installing my Gen2 Nest Doorbell my indoor mechanical chime was intermittant. It worked sometimes but other times it did not.”

“Replaced my perfectly functioning transformer with a more powerful one and the issue of intermittent chimes persisted. Argh. WTF.”

“Trick #4 worked for me... turning electronic doorbell on (regardless of my doorbell being mechanical, not electronic) changing the duration settings a bit (and hearing the doorbell ring at this point) and then turning electronic off”

“It was causing the actuator to "wobble" up and down, dinging the bell faintly every once in a while, but never fully actuating.”

“The only config that worked with the Nest Doorbell (Wired, 2nd) where the doorbell would ring was without the chime connector.”

“I had to change my transformer which wasn’t super fun and then the chime wouldn’t work after all that. Glad it’s working now”

“my door chime started working after I turned the chime length to 5, turned off the electronic chime, then restarted the app.”

“Just installed Nest wired 2nd gen and same thing happened to me. Been a few days working fine with the puck disconnected.”