Doorbell wiring help
Dustin Tysick
5 years ago
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Dustin Tysick
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoRelated Discussions
wiring 2 chimes to one doorbell
Comments (3)bus driver, Thanks, I know you see the issue right away, but that is not simple enough for me. I understand your point about the 18 gauge wire and transformer capacity, but I still am not clear on where to connect the wires. I feel like I need to start there. I've got green and red wires from the door buzzer (that's what you mean by a 2 conductor cable, right?), and green and red from the transformer-bell2 circuit. How do I connect them up to the FRONT-TRANS-REAR terminals on bell #1? Thanks for your patience. I know this is really basic....See MoreWiring doorbell with needy kids: which wire where????
Comments (13)"IF you have only a front door button, it doesn't matter which wire goes where. Either way will work." Except the bell will have a different chime between the front door and the back door. And, since you only have two wires, I'm guessing you only have one door on the bell. The wire out of the wall with voltage on it at all times should go to "trans"...transformer. The other wire out of the wall should be the button. If you don't have power from one of the wires, it sounds like a transformer problem. If you do have power, is it what your new bell requires? Does your new bell come with a transformer? My transformer on my old house was in the garage plugged into the same outlet on the ceiling that my garage door opener was plugged into. I always thought that was a strange place for someone to put it!...See MoreQuestion regarding wired doorbell
Comments (13)My doorbell works. There are only two wires: a black one and a red one. Since the plaster guy simply cut the wires rather than unscrew them, I could see where the wires went since one end of the wires was still screwed on. When I connected the wires from the wall to the doorbell and rang the button on the ground floor the doorbell worked. I pressed my downstairs' neighbor's doorbell button but it did not ring, as far as I could tell. He's not home so I could not confirm. But if I can hear mine from the ground floor, and I'm on the 3rd floor, I'd think that I can hear his. Anyway, I'll know for sure when I test it while he's at home. Assuming that his doorbell is not working, I'm puzzled as to how my doorbell being disconnected has affected his. The wires do run along the same wall and I'm sure are all connected somehow. Very curious....See MoreWired doorbell problem help
Comments (8)pookieman- You're not going to find a doorbell that works without some power source. 2. Enlarging the hole enough to get at the wires will only work if it's big enough to splice extensions on to the existing wires, and that would require stripping insulation off the ends of the wires in the hole, soldering or crimping new extensions on, and insulating the splices if necessary... which would likely require a bigger hole than you want, and some fairly good DIY skills. 3. It might be easier to cut into sheetrock on the inside to get access to the wire ends and repair them, and then do a sheetrock repair. 4. The only other option I can think of is to fish a new wire into the wall and run it back to the transformer....See MoreDustin Tysick
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