Doorbell wiring!

PJB

andrew-b wrote: »

The ringer plugs into the mains..pushbutton sticks to door..no wires between..picture:


( we bought the twin pack version with longer range and flashing lights here )..saves messing around with batteries though obviously limits where you can put it.


Though i'd try get the wired bell running first. Pictures may help and you haven't said how this current one is powered ..battery or transformer? Advice on this could be dangerous if your working the high voltage side of a doorbell transformer. For a bell wired to a mains supply via a transformer there would be a pair of wires from transformer to ringer and a pair between bell push and ringer. This assumes though you have a working transformer!

If it's a battery powered one then the battery will be in the ringer unit and a pair of wires running from bell push to ringer.

There is no battery, will post pics

hewhoisnotintheknow

PJB wrote: »

There is no battery, will post pics

There is a battery in the actual button you push

Wireless door bells are soo cheap, much less hastle than running wires etc

I bought two of the same model at the same time, one ringer upstairs one downstairs

Also have a spare push button incase it dies or gets nicked

NeverInDebt

Usually the door bells take a tiny battery they can last a couple of years before replacing



You occasionally get odd thing like bell rings and no one is at door but usually they are fine certainly less aggravation that using wired version and you can then take bell with you in garden if its the battery type as they have a fairly long range

andrew-b

they mean there is no battery in the existing alarm! So is likely powered by a transformer running off the mains.

PJB

Oops, tried to paste a pic, sorry!

Tried this but i do not see manage attachments option, any ideas?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/faq.html?s=&do=search&q=insert+picture&match=all&titlesonly=0

PJB

PJB

Do the pictures tell a story?

steveeeee

The button will be a push-to-make type switch (ie, push to close the circuit) and will only need 2 wires. Can you see which 2 wires the button is connected to? If not, just get someone to stand outside and push the button. Each time they push, hold a different pair of wires to the 2 contacts on the bell. Try each possible combination of wires until you find the one that makes the bell sound. Note down which wire you had on which contact, then permanently attach them (screw them in).

puddy

yes, we have a wireless doorbell, its not plugged into the mains, its battery powered although since June, we have been through 2 sets of batteries so either our batteries are dodgy (could be, cos got them from a pound shop) or the doorbell is but we have the doorbell ringer on top of the fridge

hewhoisnotintheknow

jenner wrote: »

yes, we have a wireless doorbell, its not plugged into the mains, its battery powered although since June, we have been through 2 sets of batteries so either our batteries are dodgy (could be, cos got them from a pound shop) or the doorbell is but we have the doorbell ringer on top of the fridge

They were a pound for a reason

Buy a decent set of batteries when they are on special offer and they will last for an age