Charge you Ring Battery Doorbell with the SUN! Ring Battery Doorbell Solar Charger

In today's video, I'm following up on my Ring Battery Video Doorbell Plus video, and adding Solar Charging for the battery inside, to hopefully increase the time between charging the batteries.
The one I'm installing in this video is the Ring Solar Charger (2nd Generation) for Battery Doorbells (UK - amzn.to/3PPohJz / USA - Not Available )
If you have a Ring Video Doorbell 2 this is the one you need - UK - amzn.to/3pEBrOX / USA - amzn.to/3JOoWr3 - it is a slightly different design, but the concept is the same!
Does this Ring Solar Charger for Battery Doorbells actually work, and will it stop the battery needing charging so often?! Watch and see!
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00:00 Introduction
00:10 Roll Titles
00:26 Why add solar charging to your Ring Battery Doorbell?
01:02 Introducing the Ring Solar Charger
01:31 Make sure you buy the RIGHT Ring Solar Charger
02:15 This WON'T work on this Ring Doorbell
02:38 Positioning your Ring Solar Charger is important!
03:06 Unboxing the Ring Solar Charger
06:36 Does the Ring Solar Charger work indoors?!
07:04 How to Install the Ring Doorbell Solar Charger
10:05 Testing the Ring Solar Charger in the App
11:07 How the Ring Solar Charger is performing a few days in..
11:58 Wrapping Up and Conclusions on the Ring Solar Charger
13:00 GAME OVER!

[@Waynesworldofgaming]

This is a class idea!! I never knew they did it

[@twotwentyswift]

I installed my solar panel kit to my Ring over a month ago and the lowest my battery has ever been is 96% at about 6:00 in the morning. My house faces east and the roof protrudes out over the porch so my panels only get about 2 hours of direct sunlight each day since I live close to the mountains. From what I've experienced so far I don't think I'll ever have to swap out the battery. Your battery leads may not be making proper contact Kip. Either that or they've upgraded the battery in the last couple of months.

[@beckiboobah.]

Fantastic idea!

[@AdamJee923]

Love ❤ this ⚡️thank you🎉

[@ClydeMorrisMusic]

Thanks Kip, really helpful! 😊

[@kiphakes]

You’re so welcome!

[@TurnThemWheels]

Considering this for my first time owning ring doorbell camera

[@andrewgibbs5096]

I have my ring doorbell charging on a remote solar panel which is in the sun the majority of the afternoon. Unless the charging cycle is disrupted & the charge has dropped below 90% it will charge up to 100%. It then won’t charge again until the battery drops below 90%. I haven’t touched the battery in 12 months!

[@andrewgibbs5096]

This is why I bought a mesh WiFi system in addition. The WiFi from the bell didn’t connect to my original router because of the distance & obstacles the signal had to travel. I have one of the mesh WiFi points sitting on the window sill just through the window from the bell. The signal strength from the bell is permanently in the green rather than red scale.

[@ednaidatipote5602]

Hi, please can you tell me which ones you have bought?

[@matthewkendall5235]

Interesting to see how its wall mounted in these stands. I have two Ring video door bells (V2) one with a Ring Wall mounted Solar cell and 6.1 metre wire and one with this contraption. My thoughts are even the large solar cell is insufficient with the Video 2 doorbell. Ring have supplied me with a second unit to test and this craddle. Neither is really able to top up the battery. I have 6 other ring cameras *the round wall mounted ones) with their 6 corresponding solar cells. All these have no issues keeping the battery between 98 - 100% full. The wall mount unit for the Video doorbell (Gen 2) is the same size as the others - it puts out Voltage and Amps to spec - checked with 2 different multi meters. Have called Ring so many times about this; my end thought is the Ring Video doorbell Gen 2 simply needs a much bigger solar cell - and/or the DC power converter is underperforming. Ring did say if the internet single is weak it will add extra load on the battery - issue is a Ring video door bell and Ring cylinder wall mounted camera are two metres from each other and both have wall mounted solar cells specific to the device. Place up high and facing full sunglight about 6 hours a day. The Round ring security camera battery is always 98% - 100% full and teh video doorbell looses 2-3% power per day - every day. So I can only conclude either bad power cuitry (unlikely) or an undersized solar cell for what the device needs to draw!

[@daveelphick2485]

Good vid kip looks great 👍 😊❤

[@kiphakes]

Thanks David!

[@sydneyatutahi3927]

Cool thanks mate 🎉

[@kiphakes]

No problem 👍

[@endisforever22]

i have a ring solar charger and in england for wel over a year, i live in Lincolnshire in a fully south facing house, in the winter its next to useless, summer its great but in all honestly in england id advise just buying a 2nd battery the solar panels on this charger are just not big enough to generate anything on dull days which there are a lot in England , i still have to bring mine in once about a month to charge it in winter. Spring/summer is great Winter its useless.

[@JRCElectrical]

Never knew that existed that’s class

[@kiphakes]

It really is!!

[@diegocogno1972]

Tank you for video. I have just purchased the doorbell pro video of the new model released, I already had a perfectly working 16V power supply tested with the tester....but when the battery dropped below 90% I still don't see any increase in charging and two days that It's connected and it hasn't recharged anything, in fact it's reached 86%, I don't understand why.....the power supply works, and almost no one ever rings the doorbell....shouldn't it charge at least a little? I'm not saying 100% but at least go back to 90-95.....

[@SightsWithSteve]

There’s also a proper solar panel for them Kip… I’ve one on my stick up cam, and one on my battery doorbell plus, both actively charge really quickly, and stay at 100% battery most the year, except in the dead of winter it went down to 40% until the weather got better and they went back up to 100%

[@kiphakes]

Yes there is! I preferred this solution though, feels a little cleaner - great to hear that they work so well!

[@Boss-313]

Have you got a link for it? I’ve seen a few but was wary about them being gimmicky rather than doing the job

[@kiphakes]

@Boss-313 this is the official Ring one - amzn.to/3ww5Y4F

[@Cablesmith]

Great idea

[@kiphakes]

Had you heard about them before?

[@Cablesmith]

@@kiphakes never

[@mikecass8306]

Nice upgrade Kip😀 Have you tried charging the battery to 100% and then checked how much the panel adds? Would continuously charging the battery introduce any memory effects?

[@kiphakes]

I think the panel wouldn’t over charge the battery.. the batteries are pretty smart and stop themselves charging

[@chrisinmontreal]

You should do a mid to long term review on your actual recharge rate from your initial once a month.

[@kiphakes]

Great plan! Although it's a bit hard because everyone's mileage will vary depending on the position of their doorbell, house, etc.. I'll ponder it - I have my stuff running through Home Assistant and I think that can log the battery level over time so the data is there!

[@osamatalib9588]

Thanks for the video. How is doing after one months?

[@kiphakes]

Still great!! Battery is at 75% which is awesome

[@larrye2679]

I have a Ring Doorbell 3. What model of charger did you say to get? Also, after installing the solar panel on the wall can you put the wedge on top of it and then the doorbell on top of the wedge? Thanks, great video.

[@kiphakes]

This one - amzn.to/3PPohJz and yes, you are correct, you install this , then the wedge and then the doorbell

[@larrye2679]

​@@kiphakesThank you

[@verbalfist]

Ring doesn’t supply the proper screws to use the wedge kit with the Solar charger. It could be done you just need to order some M3 machine screws

[@kiphakes]

Really? There were some screws I didn’t use that said they were for the wedge?

[@verbalfist]

The only screw I received were for mounting the wedge to a wall. It happens to be an issue that ring has been made aware of on the ring community forum.

[@dawnramsden2984]

Want to fit an ordinary solar panel to a ring 4 with clip wires to the back of unit. Is this possible?

[@kiphakes]

I don’t know what you mean by ‘ordinary’ solar panel. Ring do a panel specifically for this unit - amzn.to/3P4KDFU

[@fayewren5865]

10/15/23 I have the Ring Video 2nd generation, the one that has the built-in battery. I bought it in May 2023 I bought a solar charger and installed it on the 12th of October. Right now, my Ring Video charger is at 83 percent, so when the charger drops at its lost point, Do I need to take the Ring Video down to charger it? Or solar will continue to do it?

[@kiphakes]

Unless you live where you have a large amount of sun, directly on the solar panel during the day, it won't permanently maintain the charge... it's more of a 'top up' to keep it ticking over. If there isn't sufficient sun, you will have to charge it indoors.

[@heinkorbee1459]

I have a question. Is the solar mount compatible with the Ring corner mount?

[@kiphakes]

Yes. I mentioned this in the video

[@SmokeyJoe493]

Does it fit with the angle mount that comes with the doorbell??

[@kiphakes]

Yes.. there are screws included

[@sunshinegypsea]

Came here to ask the same thing!! Ty 🙏🏼

[@ricardob2610]

Hi thanks for the video. This will work indoors in a apartment? The outside light is always on it will help to change the batterie just with a normal light? Thanks in advance

[@kiphakes]

I think there might be a slight charge generated, but possibly nothing substantial

[@ricardob2610]

@@kiphakes thanks very much

[@eulasmith9671]

I followed all instructions and in app shows solar not connected??? Any suggestions?

[@kiphakes]

@eulasmith9671 not sure! Maybe a faulty charger?

[@petermport]

How often do you have to charge the battery up since installing the solar?

[@kiphakes]

It really varies massively depending on the weather.. and the amount of motion / notifications etc. it’s definitely MUCH better

[@sophia14meocon]

It was so confusing to know what type of solar charger to fit on right one. I have the Ring Video doorbell (2nd generation).

[@kiphakes]

It’s in the video description

[@user-sx7gm8gv5j]

Do all Ring solar chargers fit all Ring door bell 2s as the one I ordered seems to have no way of being fixed to the wall mount using the screws. My Ring doorbell has a non removable battery which means of course it has to be removed from its wall mount for recharging. All very puzzling.

[@kiphakes]

I’m pretty certain this is the one you need amzn.to/42cziZN

[@user-sx7gm8gv5j]

@@kiphakes That was the one tried but there is no way to take the front off the bell itself (some just clip off) in order to fix it to the base. Thanks answering. 🙏

[@kiphakes]

@@user-sx7gm8gv5j definitely try contacting Ring directly - they can probably advise better

[@alexryan2926]

My doorbell uses the angle frame can you add it to the solar panel?

[@kiphakes]

Yes 🙌🏻

[@alexryan2926]

@@kiphakes 4 minutes to reply you’ve sold me on it already 🤣❤️

[@kiphakes]

@alexryan2926 2 this time!

[@verbalfist]

I brought 2 and they only work if I disconnect the charger and swap the battery then it will charge from 96% to 100% then it won’t charge again until I repeat the process at the end of the week

[@kiphakes]

That’s very strange

[@verbalfist]

I was told that the batteries wouldn’t charge until it drops to 90% to prevent overcharging but it’s doing the opposite. I also purchased the Wasserstein charger but the mounting holes didn't match so I didn’t install it

[@kiphakes]

@verbalfist are you using original batteries too?

[@verbalfist]

Yes, I brought an extra battery from Ring along with the power adapter. I’m waiting to see if a firmware update will fix the issue

[@kiphakes]

@@verbalfist That's so weird buddy - Mine is basically bobbing around 85% and 90% and that's just how it's been since I filmed this!

[@johnjones2156]

Mine does not charge

[@kiphakes]

Speak to Amazon support I guess? 👌🏼

[@thorz7304]

I once had a ring doorbell, but got very frustrated. The time between pushing the doorbell and the alarm inside the house was so long, most visitors already left again. Do you experience problems like that too?

[@kiphakes]

No, not at all, pings our phones and the Echo show devices almost immediately

[@LasdilElizaga]

@@kiphakesdoes the notification faster on the echo show? Planning to buy one to integrate to my ring

[@kiphakes]

@@LasdilElizaga I think it’s actually pretty fast, but it does depend on your WiFi really