Trying to install Ecobee adding my own C wire

What you're attempting will not work.

In a 24 VAC (volt alternating current) circuit , R is the live conductor. C is the return path for the current back to the transformer. My terms are probably all wrong, but when I took physics 30-odd years ago, I think it would have been called the common equipment ground conductor.

So you cannot have R from one transformer and C from another.

Assuming you have a single stage AC, there should be a two-conductor cable running from the outside unit back to the furnace/air-handler. One of those conductors will connect to Y from the thermostat. The other conductor will connect to the transformer's common side. You should tap into that same conductor for your C conductor.

P.S. Also - that's a DC transformer you have .....

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