So, our video doorbell went bad after about a year. We are on our third one in about 4 1/2 years. This last one may have gotten bugs in the electronics, because the batteries (expensive lithium type, of course) burnt out quickly, and when we put the new ones in they immediately got really hot and the doorbell would no longer sync. This of course was never a problem with a mechanical doorbell. So, we bought a new one, same brand (Blink) hoping it would be a “pop the old one off, hook the he new one on” installation. Of course this is not the case.
Blink has decided to change the design ever-so-slightly so that the mounting screw configuration is different. This required drilling into the brick with a hammer drill (HomeOwnerMan has one of these along with the proper size and variety bit).
Blink further changed the design of the back plate, allowing no location for the electrical connections to the inside mechanical bell (the old design had this). I was forced to either modify (cut out) the new plate or squeeze the electrical connections behind the plate on a mortar line (I chose “B”).
Also, the new one requires 3 expensive lithium batteries rather than two.
Thank you, product engineers, for ensuring your own jobs and continually frustrating the consumer.
