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Posted by willshak on August 21, 2007, 2:03 pm
on 8/21/2007 1:33 PM willshak said the following:
> on 8/21/2007 1:02 PM Eric said the following:
>> Sounds like someone's a little confused...
>>
>> Minor point: the output from the transformer is alternating current,
>> not direct. This is why polarity doesn't matter.
>>
>> Major point: if you connect a bell as described below, it will ring
>> all the time! This is because it'll be fed directly by the
>> transformer, without the doorbell button being in the circuit to
>> interrupt the power.
>>
>
> I'm the OP: This is what I was wondering about. Are the two wires to
> the converter a complete circuit as they are connected now, or do the
> two wires only complete the circuit when the door bell is pressed?
> What I can tell you is that the two wires come out of a brown cable
> that has three wires. The three wires are white, red, and one that
> looks grey and black striped ( it could be another color than grey,
> but looks grey). The red is not used and is wrapped around the cable.
> If it is not a complete circuit as is, could a ringer be tapped into
> one of the wires in series, so that when the doorbell is pressed to
> complete the circuit, it has to go through the second ringer to
> complete the circuit?
I answered my own question. Using a multimeter set at AC, I get 19.9
volts across the two terminals, so it completes a circuit as it is now.
>> To avoid this problem, the new bell/chime must be connected to a
>> point in the circuit that is *after* the button. Best approach,
>> although possibly difficult to get the wire to the right place, is to
>> parallel the new bell/chime directly across the old one.
>>
>> One other possibility, I don't know exactly what they're called but
>> they make wireless things to do this. You install a little
>> transmitter inside the existing bell/chime, and there's a wireless
>> receiver that plugs into any AC outlet. Much easier to set up!
>>
>> EL
>>
>>
>>> That's a transformer, likely 24 volt.
>>> Yes, you should be able to add a bell in the basement; take two
>>> wires from it and connect those two from the bell to the same two
>>> posts on the transformer where the brown wires are now (keep the
>>> brown ones in place)...so you wind up with two wires on each post.
>>> Since it's direct current, doesn't matter which wire goes on which
>>> post. Use a small bell/chime ...a big one could overload the
>>> transformer when both upstairs and down ring.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> My office is in the basement. Whenever someone rings the doorbell,
>>>> I cannot hear it.
>>>> The electrical converter box for the ringer is in the basement
>>>> under my breaker panel. There are only two brown wires connected to
>>>> the converter box. Can I hook up a ringer to that converter box
>>>> somehow so that the doorbell rings in the basement as well?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>> In Hamptonburgh, NY
>>>> To email, remove the double zeroes after @
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
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