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Getting inside doorbell to work

I recently installed a Ring 2 video doorbell. It works perfectly except I cannot get the inside doorbell to work correctly. The inside doorbell is just a dign-dong analog, as far as I know. Two wire. 20vac transformer. Simple momentary button to ring the doorbell. When I connect as instructed (no diode, wires to the ring device) there is constant continuity to the inside doorbell creating a hum. The inside doorbell is energized constantly causing a single ding then constant hum, but never a dong. Tried reversing the wire with no change. Remove a wire and the hum stops. Touch them together and apart and the doorbell rings normal. But with both wires connected to the Ring I get the ding and then constant hum. So, my questions are, does anyone know the fix for this, and in lieu of that can I simply run both wires from the transformer directly to the Ring so that it charges, and then just abandon the inside doorbell? Thanks Mark

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24-11-2019 06:28:32

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    The doorbell button only carries one side of the transformer voltage. When the doorbell button is pressed the circuit is complete to the chime or buzzer that has the other side of the transformer voltage. The RING doorbell requires both sides of the transformer to supply the complete voltage. I hope this helps you.

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    23-08-2020 06:15:30

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