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Angela wrote:
Hopefully this isn't such a stupid question!

I have a mains powered door bell, can anyone tell me if the voltage of
the wires at the bell push is low voltage? I would have assumed so
(just to reduce the risk of electrocution)

I'd say 99.9% likely. More so if the existing bell push looks like any
other.

My cousin has sent me a fantastic bell push (from America) but it does
say that the bell push should have low voltage wires, no greater than
16v. The house came with this doorbell so I have no instructions!

Can you see the cable to it anywhere? Bell wire is twin solid core cable
with no second sleeve like all mains cable. But find out which MCB or
whatever stops it working and turn that off before fitting the new - the
sparks you might get if working on it live won't kill you but could lead
to you reacting in some way and hurting yourself.

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