u/Zed_Zorrander

TLDR: are there any good HomeKit doorbells that can be on the same circuit with a second regular doorbell (two doorbells total)? (The Logitech circle view doorbell cannot).

I have two doorbells at my house, one at the front door and one at the gate to get to the door. I previously purchased and installed a Logitech circle view doorbell camera at the gate doorbell. At the time I had a nonfunctional smart doorbell at the front door so I basically just had the one doorbell- the Logitech.

The Logitech worked great until this weekend when I finally got around to replacing the nonfunctional doorbell with a standard dumb doorbell. As soon as I installed it and rang it, the circuit got overloaded and blew the doorbell transformer.

I called Logitech and they told me the circle view must be the only doorbell on the circuit. If you have a second doorbell, it must be on a separate transformer and separate chime.

Since I already have the Logitech installed, I may just have an electrician install a second circuit for the other doorbell if it’s not too expensive.

If it turns out to be cost prohibitive, is there an alternative HomeKit doorbell that can be on a circuit with another doorbell?

I have two doorbells. I installed a Logitech circle view camera a year ago in one of them and have not had any problems. The other doorbell was a nonfunctional ring camera.

Today I decided to switch the non working ring camera for a normal doorbell somehow. When I rang the normal doorbell, I heard a bad noise come from the doorbell chime and the power to both doorbells is out. The circuit breaker that the doorbells are on did not trip though.

Anyone know what went wrong and how to fix?