topic Re: Change from battery to hardwire in Arlo Video Doorbell 2nd Gen

Change from battery to hardwire

kjowers — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:34:21 GMT

I have had a 2K second gen doorbell for about 6 months using battery power. It is also connected to an Arlo chime. I want to change it over to being hardwired to a transformer so I don't have to remove and recharge so often. Can I just wire it up or do I have to uninstall the doorbell and reinstall?

Re: Change from battery to hardwire

jguerdat — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 13:41:39 GMT

Given your currently described environment, I see no reason why simply adding the wires wouldn't work fine.

Re: Change from battery to hardwire

StephenB — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:43:40 GMT

@jguerdat wrote:

Given your currently described environment, I see no reason why simply adding the wires wouldn't work fine.

@kjowers - I also think this should work without needing to reinstall the doorbell. But if you also add a traditional chime at the same time, then I think you would need to reinstall.