It was there since and worked well all this time. Very strange I don't know Just had a new furnace installed and noticed that my doorbell doesn't work. Could the transformer for the door bell been attached to the switch box on the old furnace? If so, what can I do to install a new transformer?
Mine was attached to the furnace. Look for a metal box with red and white wires attached! Everyone posting in this forum I never would have found that transformer. Check the furnace! Mine was right there. Thanks for the clues! Discovered that the breaker that removed doorbell power was labeled "Sump pump; various outlets". Eventually thought to look near sump and found the transformer plugged into the outlet that the pump was using. I had this house built in , and only now in Feb am discovering the location of this transformer!
I have looked in all those locations to try and find my transformer. Could it be attached to a wall outlet or to my front door lighting? I checked the attic, garage, garage lighting and door, furnace!
Mine was in the wall behind the chime. I can't find mine either. Looked everywhere. When I look at the wires at the doorbell they are old, not colored. The wires at the chime are red white green and black. I did find a white and red wire running in the attic, but they go down the wall and then I lose them. Could the transformer be in the attic somewhere? Had furnace replaced. A month later realized doorbell was not working.
Searched everywhere for transformer. Read here they are often in furnace room. Searched and searched. Eventually found wires that had been rolled up and hidden. Who removes a transformer and does let anyone know????
Thank you for this. I'm just beginning my search for my doorbell transformer so I may replace it with a Ring Doorbell transformer to enable Ring Video doorbells. Locating your doorbell transformer is not always easy. But as a doorbell expert, I will guide you on how to find a doorbell transformer location easily.
A doorbell transformer is an electrical machine that steps down the household current from V to about volts required by smart doorbells. It is a brass- or silver-colored box of about 2 to 3 inches square, containing two to three terminal screws on the face.
It can be installed anywhere in the house, but most electricians fix it at the electrical panel or inside the circuit breaker. Once you locate the transformer , troubleshooting or upgrading to a smart doorbell can be easy.
Related article : How to test a doorbell transformer. Below are the places to find your bell transformer. The electrical panel is the most common place to locate your doorbell transformer. This is because of its open nature, it also hastens replacement if the transformer spoils.
I assume that there has to be a transformer. Kill all the power in the house except for the doorbell circuit and you MIGHT have a shot at tracing the circuit path using the AC detection feature many stud sensors now come equipped with.
Doorbell transformers can produce an audible hum when the secondary is closed and sometimes even when it's not Depending on how much you want to trace the wires, Amazon and others have "Circuit Tracker and Circuit Breaker Finders" that are available in several price ranges.
Some have to have the power removed and some don't. I have used several different units and have had pretty good results. Appreciate any design tips!
Installing Ring bell pro. Yeah one time I re-wired a house where the doorbell transformer was located on the hall light box. Previously just laying there. I mounted it to the box properly and it created a slight hum into the walls from the attachment vibration. The lady made me move it, for free :. I would think yours in the basement or panel by the way you have already traced it.
Is the basement finished? Many un-permitted basement finishes from d-i-y's or careless handymen will have the transformer buried up in the ceiling with no way to get to it. Yup, true. That was exactly the case with one of my houses. When the previous owner sheetrocked the "rec room" in the basement, he covered up the door bell transformer as well as the main water supply shutoff valve. I still can't find it, not in the panel, traced the wires, don't have a basement, house built on a slab.
Time for a wireless bell. I do think it was buried in a previous remodel by a previous owner. The area around the furnace was the first place I looked, the bell wires do not go into the area. Like I said the other thing to look for is whether it's attached to any exposed lighting "octagonal" box, which is common too I install alarm systems and we use transformers similar to bell ones, and often place them on the same box usually adding an extender the bell transformer's on.
If it's faulty you might be able to abandon the wires to the original transformer but if it's faulty it could become a hazard, and should be dealt with - I think code here in BC says the transformer must be visible and accessible, but if it got built into a wall it might be possible to replace if you can remove the junction box and replace it with a 'remodel' box, you could attach a new transformer to it - again you might be breaking the rules.
If it's attached to an outlet that's drywalled over, by removing the outlet covers and using a good flashlight, you may be able to spot the wires and connecting ring for the transformer that way. The rules might permit you to put a transformer in a suitable box at a suitable height in the attic, not sure about this and connect it to an existing lighting circuit.
Cut as many circuits as you can off and walk around the area where you think the transformer is with an AM radio and listen for the buzzing to change tones. The transformer has to be powered up though. If there is a problem with the present one just install a new one and run some new wires as needed. It would be better to find it and remove power but that may require opening every outlet to look for the V feed.
I would like to install another transformer, not sure how to hook it to the button. Do I run a new wire and splice into where the present wire goes down into the wall where the front door button is? Do I then go from the button to the transformer then to the chimes? Should I go to one chime, then from that chime to the other? If the transformer I can't find is left in place is that a fire hazard? Went to install the wireless chime and guess what the transformer was in a box behind the downstairs chime.
I am having trouble finding the transformer for the doorbell. I am trying to get an alarm set up but need this info for the alarm doorbell. No such luck in finding it. Idk what I am going to do.
An Electrician was here and couldn't fInd it either. I might not be able to have the system installed after all. Why do they hide these things? The door bell transformer often also supplies the furnace thermostat. Trace the wires from the room thermostat or the low voltage control wires from the furnace. If you have a basement, the usual place is on a joist or sitting on a main support beam for the house. Then it goes thru a humility control for the furnace.
The fuse is a 10 amp. Because of its location, my first guess is that it is for the thermostat, but easy to confirm: disconnect one of the wires shown in your photo and still if your bell still works!
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