Newhouse Hardware White 2-Note Wired Mechanical Door Bell Chime CHM1

This was a drop in replacement for my old chime. Although this chime was replacing an old chime with a wooden cover, it has a modern look.I purchased a home where apparently the previous owner installed a ring door bell. I never had a ring door bell, but when I started setting up the app, I discovered that the previous installation never used the old doorbell wiring and that the previous owner was just using the ring on wifi and not hardwired so that the battery was not being continuously charged.I thought perhaps he did this because the original doorbell wiring was shorted out or disconnected even though the old doorbells were still attached to the house. When I found the old doorbell transformer in the basement by the breaker box and that it was still giving off 17v, I decided that I should try to reconnect the old door bell system to see if I could get the Ring door bell to work with it and so that it could both charge the ring door bell and be able to ring a physical chime.The old chime was thrown out during renovation because I didn't believed it worked as the previous owner never used it, so I purchased this simple Newhouse Hardware CHM1 Door Bell Chime as a replacement. It was very simple to install and just needed to connect the correct wiring from the front and back door. To my surprise once I hooked it up and did a test ring from the front door, it rang. I was even more surprised when the back doorbell worked as well.The best surprise was when I then connected the front wiring to the Ring doorbell and again it worked, and it was charging the Ring doorbell battery. I was so pleased that everything worked. So even if there is no wifi in the house, the physical chime will still ring with the Ring door bell. It also has a modern look so it goes well with the renovation.

This wired mechanical doorbell chime is impressively compact and incredibly easy to install. Despite its small size, the bell is loud enough to hear all the way from the basement—so you’ll know the in‑laws have arrived before they even take off their shoes. Simple, effective, and reliable.

The chime on my old doorbell broke so I wanted to replace it with an old fashioned, two-note doorbell, not an electronic one. This one works great. I wanted to keep my original wooden cover, so I did not use the white plastic cover it comes with. With just a Phillips screwdriver, I unscrewed the wires and removed the old chime from the wall. The screw holes on the new one did not line up with the old one, but that's ok for me since the doorbell cover I have is oversized and covered up the old screw holes. After screwing the new one to the wall and attaching the wires, I tested it out and it sounds great. I did not turn off the power as stated in the instructions. I used a multimeter to confirm there was no electricity going to the wires before I unscrewed them. That's expected since the doorbell button controls flow of electricity.

This doorbell chime was indeed a good value, and a good replacement for the old one that starting doing a 'thunk' instead of a ring.Consideration: this doorbell is best suited for smaller homes. It may not be loud enough for larger or more complicate homes. Not a problem in ours.Problems: I can just imagine the design engineer testing the prototype at a bench and congratulating him/herself for their brilliance. I can assure you that if they'd done replacements in a few homes they would have modified their design1. The wire inlet hole in the back measures just 3/8" diameter which made threading the existing wires in more of a challenge than necessary. It also removed any flexibility in positioning this replacement to hide marks left by the previous one.2. The design engineer would certainly have changed the mounting flathead screws to ones with a Phillips head...the engineer would have experienced frustration trying to keep the screwdriver in the screw head slot one handed while holding the chime, and it taking two minutes or so....while a Phillips head can be done in only 15 seconds. Faster with an electric screwdriver.

Great value for the money, works great, I can't complain.

Works but it's not very loud. That may be good for some but not for me.

I was able to update my old doorbell with this. I was happy with my purchase & it was an easy update!

Inexpensive and easy to install. Replaced two units that burned out when outdoor ringer button got stuck in on position. Also burned out the transformer. Look well built and sound like you would expect…clear ding-dong.

Works with Google nest doorbell in India. Just install a transformer to convert 220V AC to 18V AC. Then connect this doorbell to the transformer output with Google nest doorbell. Price is expensive since it needs to be imported from USA. But there is no other choice.

Excellent

This doorbell arrived damaged as one of the tone bar supports was broken and I am reluctent to return it as it would cost almost its value. It should have been backaged for posting

Essential component for fitting the Google Nest second generation wired camera door bell (designed for US home wiring) in the UK. Does the job.

Funciona muy bien. Suena agradable, no muy fuerte pero agradable, suficiente para una casa de dos pisos. Funciona con transformador de 18 a 24 VCA, y lo estoy usando con timbre wifi LaView sin problemas. Tiene para timbre frontal y trasero