Night vision doesn t work.
Ring doorbell night vision stopped working.
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This makes absolutely no sense to me as there is a front yard light on a pole no more than about 5 yards from the doorbell.
All i have done is turned on the porch light during the night and turned on the color night vision in video settings.
They may not be as high tech as these amazon s advancements especially with the convenience of an app which you can use from anywhere.
Problems can arise however when a doorbell mechanism draws so much power that there s not enough left over to power your ring video doorbell pro.
If your ring doorbell 2 doesn t switch to infrared at night because of a porch light or street light here s a simple fix.
Not ringing your existing internal doorbell correctly.
To solve this issue the ring video doorbell may not be receiving sufficient voltage.
If the ring isn t working for you there are certainly other night vision camera s you can purchase.
I covered the three infrared lights with black tape turned on the color night vision and the porch light and i get a good picture that way otherwise it s black and white and you cant see anything but shadows with the porch light on or off.
Your ring pro requires a power source that supplies a minimum of 16 volts ac.
Now the doorbell will work through the dark hours.
I did not cover up the infrared sensors with tape.
For the ring video doorbell to function properly it needs a minimum of 3 900 mv.
You can check the voltage by opening the ring app selecting ring pro and then selecting device health.
To check the voltage of your ring pro open the ring app select your ring pro and tap device health.
I think this started with the new update to the app.
Your ring video doorbell pro is designed to draw power from the same 16 volt ac power transformer as your internal doorbell mechanism.
Power pro is installed everything else is working fine i have reset the camera.
But if night vision is the most important this may not be the best camera for you.
Hey ken and kelly do you have any lights on the walkway up to your doorbell or any lights in the front of your house it seems there is not enough light that even with the night vision the doorbell is unable to make out anything beyond your front door.
Ring pro works fine for a couple of events and then stops working.