Ring WiFi Doorbell

[mikyman]

These things are fine if they are set up properly and don't annoy the neighbours.
We had a standard door push linked by wireless remote to a unit in our kitchen.This worked fine until our 'gadget mad' neighbour installed one of these things.Each time his door bell was rung it activated our wireless remote unit. Result was many wasted trips to the front door.
Our houses are substantial detatched so his unit is working over a too large range.
We spoke to our supplier for advice and they suggested some adjustments we could make,but didn't sort things.
Have given up and gone back to an old fashioned wired unit.

[TheRainMaker]

mikyman said:

These things are fine if they are set up properly and don't annoy the neighbours.
We had a standard door push linked by wireless remote to a unit in our kitchen.This worked fine until our 'gadget mad' neighbour installed one of these things.Each time his door bell was rung it activated our wireless remote unit. Result was many wasted trips to the front door.
Our houses are substantial detatched so his unit is working over a too large range.
We spoke to our supplier for advice and they suggested some adjustments we could make,but didn't sort things.
Have given up and gone back to an old fashioned wired unit.

I think you might be getting your products mixed up, the ring doorbell is an IP based system, it would be impossible for it to set off a normal wireless doorbell.

[Patch1875]

TheRainMaker said:

Sounds like it’s broken

Shouldn’t run out of battery that quickly even if it wasn’t powered.

Think your right.

Charged it again yesterday after I realised I hadn’t put its power back on put in at 10pm last night at 100% now it’s already dropped to 85% in less than a day.

[AW10]

Setting the motion sensor to maximum sensitivity will kill the battery quite quickly.

[Patch1875]

Patch1875 said:

TheRainMaker said:

Sounds like it’s broken

Shouldn’t run out of battery that quickly even if it wasn’t powered.

Think your right.

Charged it again yesterday after I realised I hadn’t put its power back on put in at 10pm last night at 100% now it’s already dropped to 85% in less than a day.

Battery finally packed in.

Ring not the easiest to deal with but a new one is on route hopefully, see how it goes but they said too many events were draining the battery big difference the claim it lasts 6 months and mines 1 week even when hard wired!

If it’s the same again it’s going back not fit for purpose.

Edited by Patch1875 on Saturday 21st July 18:40

[48k]

Sheepshanks said:

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Everyone with a dashcam better register then. (not rolling eyes at you, but at the notion a video doorbell, or indeed any home CCTV, should be registered).

If its personal CCTV in a domestic premises you don't need to register with the ICO even if it captures images beyond your boundary. The info and "do I need to register?" questionnaire is on their website which answers this.

[xyz123]

48k said:

Sheepshanks said:

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Everyone with a dashcam better register then. (not rolling eyes at you, but at the notion a video doorbell, or indeed any home CCTV, should be registered).

If its personal CCTV in a domestic premises you don't need to register with the ICO even if it captures images beyond your boundary. The info and "do I need to register?" questionnaire is on their website which answers this.

I just got an email from my local neighbour hood watch that CCTV covering outside the property boundary need to be registered and it specifically said if one has Ring doorbell it falls under this category and needs to be registered... So better check where you live...

[48k]

xyz123 said:

48k said:

Sheepshanks said:

DELETED: Comment made by a member who''s account has been deleted.

Everyone with a dashcam better register then. (not rolling eyes at you, but at the notion a video doorbell, or indeed any home CCTV, should be registered).

If its personal CCTV in a domestic premises you don't need to register with the ICO even if it captures images beyond your boundary. The info and "do I need to register?" questionnaire is on their website which answers this.

I just got an email from my local neighbour hood watch that CCTV covering outside the property boundary need to be registered and it specifically said if one has Ring doorbell it falls under this category and needs to be registered... So better check where you live...

Personally I'd be more tempted to believe that the ICO knows the legal position better than Neighbourhood Watch. The self assessment questionnaire is quite clear on their site that if it's domestic CCTV you don't have to register (you can but you are not legall obliged to).

[Oakey]

mikyman said:

These things are fine if they are set up properly and don't annoy the neighbours.
We had a standard door push linked by wireless remote to a unit in our kitchen.This worked fine until our 'gadget mad' neighbour installed one of these things.Each time his door bell was rung it activated our wireless remote unit. Result was many wasted trips to the front door.
Our houses are substantial detatched so his unit is working over a too large range.
We spoke to our supplier for advice and they suggested some adjustments we could make,but didn't sort things.
Have given up and gone back to an old fashioned wired unit.

Hmm, we just replaced out wireless doorbell because it started going off randomly when no one was about. I'll have to see what other neighbours are using

[TheRainMaker]

Oakey said:

Hmm, we just replaced out wireless doorbell because it started going off randomly when no one was about. I'll have to see what other neighbours are using

It won’t be because of the ring door bell

[AW10]

And after 2.5 years my Ring doorbell has gone wonky. It thought it was hardwired when it wasn't so the battery died 24 hours after what was probably only a partial charge. And it won't charge from the USB cable. It seems to work OK when I actually hardwire it but no amount of resets will convince it that it's on battery power. So I probably need to either permanently hardwire it or replace it.

[Patch1875]

Patch1875 said:

Patch1875 said:

TheRainMaker said:

Sounds like it’s broken

Shouldn’t run out of battery that quickly even if it wasn’t powered.

Think your right.

Charged it again yesterday after I realised I hadn’t put its power back on put in at 10pm last night at 100% now it’s already dropped to 85% in less than a day.

Battery finally packed in.

Ring not the easiest to deal with but a new one is on route hopefully, see how it goes but they said too many events were draining the battery big difference the claim it lasts 6 months and mines 1 week even when hard wired!

If it’s the same again it’s going back not fit for purpose.

Edited by Patch1875 on Saturday 21st July 18:40

New battery arrived took about a week.

Seems ok just now battery draining only around 1-2% a day still can’t get the WiFi interference any better though.