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Fixes some typos on the latest doorbell thought

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<p class="big">I was incredibly excited when Ubiquiti announced the <a href="https://store.ui.com/collections/unifi-protect-cameras/products/uvc-g4-doorbell" target="blank">G4 Doorbell</a> in their Unifi Protect line earlier this year. I finally got my hands on one last month and installed it, and then <em>immediately</em> (and unsurprisingly) wanted to replace the back doorbell too.</p>
Unfortunately two doorbells didn't appear to be officially supported and given my very basic electrical knowledge, I frustratingly failed while trying to use Nest's diagram and some advice from the community. I finally got an official wiring layout from Ubiquiti support this weekend though and installed the second one!
Unfortunately two doorbells didn't appear to be officially supported and given my very basic electrical knowledge, I frustratingly failed while trying to use Nest's diagram and some advice from the community. I finally got an official wiring layout from Ubiquiti Support this weekend though and installed the second one!
Here it is, redrawn for clarity and to identify the other components that I'm using in case you're looking to replicate this:
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* **The two pucks need to be wired to the transformer.** You'll most likely have 3 low-voltage wires coming into your doorbell chime: one from the front doorbell, one from the rear, and one from the transformer. The G4 Doorbells come with a "puck" that sits between these wires and the chime's terminals to ensure the doorbells always have enough power to stay on. In a two-doorbell install, one of the female connectors from each puck needs to be connected to the transformer wire coming in. I just cut two pieces of 18 guage wire and used a wire nut.
* **Completing the wiring description:** The other female end of front puck connects to the front wire coming to the chime, and it's two male ends connect to the front and transformer terminals on the chime. The other female end of the rear puck connects to the rear wire coming in to the chime, and then it's two male ends connect to the rear and transformer terminals. Just to reiterate: you'll have two of these pronged ends connecting to the transformer terminal on the chime (often labeled "trans" on it).
* **Completing the wiring description:** The other female end of front puck connects to the front wire coming to the chime, and its two male ends connect to the front and transformer terminals on the chime. The other female end of the rear puck connects to the rear wire coming in to the chime, and then its two male ends connect to the rear and transformer terminals. Just to reiterate: you'll have two of these pronged ends connecting to the transformer terminal on the chime (often labeled "trans" on it).
* **Any 16V chime should work:** But I used the [CHM2 by Newhouse Hardware](https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07KG27K4W), mostly because it was the only 16V chime I could find and it had a plain white exterior. The wiring is _very tight_ inside this chime and the cover is _very_ hard to remove. You need to be careful not to let one of the pucks come in contact with the mechanical doorbells or else it won't ding (or loudly). I plan to build a small oak box to replace the white cover to 1. look better and 2. provide more room in there for the wires/pucks.