Power supply (Transformer) for AD110
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:32 pm
Hello all.. So I know that the data sheet says that you can use 16vac or 24vac Transformers however after some testing I would have to say STICK WITH 16vac even a 16.5vac is much more stable then most 24vac transformers...
Here is what I know (Did)
For a while I was testing on a 16.5vac 30va transformer even using 2 camera on the same transformer I added in a Digital Door bell (Chime) Testing how much power I can use and so on things were going great..
However while I have used another transformer that was 24vac 100va even used it to test some of my friends systems however these were on systems as stand alone and 1 did have a Chime that was 24vac only with no worries... Things worked well.. Also used it to smoke one of my own doorbells that was only 16vac 10va power required... Did this because other were talking about using 24vac supplies and gave word of Caution on checking your doorbells because most of them require only 16vac or even 10vac..
However today I thought ok lets try this Transformer i own.. I have only used the 16vac output it has 3 total.. 8, 16 and 24vac... So I removed the Amcrest Chime kit, doorbell and added Chime Kit to the Transformer and then wired in the camera only did this on the 24vac side of the transformer..
WORD OF CAUTION!!!!!!!
Hooking up the Transformer and yes I know it is only 24vac 30va and wanted to test it out as there was another person on here that said that was what they were going to use and to be honest that falls short of the 1.875 amps and only is 1.666666 amps.. Mind you I tested this with my Volt and AMP meters active so I could watch as things are going as they are going...
First off Camera Powered up rather fast.. I didn't mark down any of the numbers but I did see one that made me worry and after only 4 pushes of the Camera button I removed this from the system...
Voltage at the transformer was 25.24vac and didn't go much above 150ma on stand by that wasn't what worried me.. When I pressed the button on the camera it rang my phone, however my amp meter jumped to 10.35amps and volts dropped to 2.1vac then voltage came back up to 25.24vac and amps went to 0 then came back to around 150ma again... Asking myself why did I push the button 4 times before I pulled it.. I wanted to make sure I was seeing the numbers right as I could have mis understood what I seen as the numbers go rather fast...
NO big deal right? WRONG!!!! So i connected the Chime box back to the doorbell I was using and move the wires over to the 16vac screws and wired all back up to my Doorbell and now the doorbell just keeps ringing... So I pulled all the wiring and wired it again and sure enough the system just makes the doorbell keep ringing and the camera never loads to the Connected to network... Took it all apart again added new wires to make sure other ones were not damaged turned it all back on and just Rings... So here is the odd part... Taking the doorbell off and connecting the chimebox to the supply and connecting the camera back in the camera loads...
So I did reconnect the Doorbell again and it was just ringing non stop so while i don't know what the Amcrest Chime Kit is? I know that it is to keep you from damaging your Transformer when you short it out when you press the button... However there is another function inside that box as well.. my guess has something to do with Voltage distribution for the doorbell as well.. I did test the doorbell and it does function on a normal doorbell button... So I know the camera is good sadly what ever the extra function within the chime kit I am going to guess that it has failed into the Closed position.. If it was in the open the camera would still work just wouldn't send power to the doorbell even when pressed... I am going to guess it is some type of IC Relay that has failed to open
By the way... If math does me right the reason that the power supply that is only 30va aka 1.666666 amps was able to even get to 10amps is because the lower the voltage the Higher the Current.. Just like a 30va 16vac transformer is 1.875amps where 24vac 30va is only 1.66666.. and at the 2volt it could have made it to over 14 amps.. Sadly in the end trying to run this camera on a 24vac 30va transformer has damaged the Amcrest Chime kit.. So I thought I would pass this along to other so they don't damage their units...
What I learned.. Don't run this camera on anything other than 16vac
Here is what I know (Did)
For a while I was testing on a 16.5vac 30va transformer even using 2 camera on the same transformer I added in a Digital Door bell (Chime) Testing how much power I can use and so on things were going great..
However while I have used another transformer that was 24vac 100va even used it to test some of my friends systems however these were on systems as stand alone and 1 did have a Chime that was 24vac only with no worries... Things worked well.. Also used it to smoke one of my own doorbells that was only 16vac 10va power required... Did this because other were talking about using 24vac supplies and gave word of Caution on checking your doorbells because most of them require only 16vac or even 10vac..
However today I thought ok lets try this Transformer i own.. I have only used the 16vac output it has 3 total.. 8, 16 and 24vac... So I removed the Amcrest Chime kit, doorbell and added Chime Kit to the Transformer and then wired in the camera only did this on the 24vac side of the transformer..
WORD OF CAUTION!!!!!!!
Hooking up the Transformer and yes I know it is only 24vac 30va and wanted to test it out as there was another person on here that said that was what they were going to use and to be honest that falls short of the 1.875 amps and only is 1.666666 amps.. Mind you I tested this with my Volt and AMP meters active so I could watch as things are going as they are going...
First off Camera Powered up rather fast.. I didn't mark down any of the numbers but I did see one that made me worry and after only 4 pushes of the Camera button I removed this from the system...
Voltage at the transformer was 25.24vac and didn't go much above 150ma on stand by that wasn't what worried me.. When I pressed the button on the camera it rang my phone, however my amp meter jumped to 10.35amps and volts dropped to 2.1vac then voltage came back up to 25.24vac and amps went to 0 then came back to around 150ma again... Asking myself why did I push the button 4 times before I pulled it.. I wanted to make sure I was seeing the numbers right as I could have mis understood what I seen as the numbers go rather fast...
NO big deal right? WRONG!!!! So i connected the Chime box back to the doorbell I was using and move the wires over to the 16vac screws and wired all back up to my Doorbell and now the doorbell just keeps ringing... So I pulled all the wiring and wired it again and sure enough the system just makes the doorbell keep ringing and the camera never loads to the Connected to network... Took it all apart again added new wires to make sure other ones were not damaged turned it all back on and just Rings... So here is the odd part... Taking the doorbell off and connecting the chimebox to the supply and connecting the camera back in the camera loads...
So I did reconnect the Doorbell again and it was just ringing non stop so while i don't know what the Amcrest Chime Kit is? I know that it is to keep you from damaging your Transformer when you short it out when you press the button... However there is another function inside that box as well.. my guess has something to do with Voltage distribution for the doorbell as well.. I did test the doorbell and it does function on a normal doorbell button... So I know the camera is good sadly what ever the extra function within the chime kit I am going to guess that it has failed into the Closed position.. If it was in the open the camera would still work just wouldn't send power to the doorbell even when pressed... I am going to guess it is some type of IC Relay that has failed to open
By the way... If math does me right the reason that the power supply that is only 30va aka 1.666666 amps was able to even get to 10amps is because the lower the voltage the Higher the Current.. Just like a 30va 16vac transformer is 1.875amps where 24vac 30va is only 1.66666.. and at the 2volt it could have made it to over 14 amps.. Sadly in the end trying to run this camera on a 24vac 30va transformer has damaged the Amcrest Chime kit.. So I thought I would pass this along to other so they don't damage their units...
What I learned.. Don't run this camera on anything other than 16vac