On 11/21/2009 4:40 PM Jim spake thus:

"Higgs Boson" wrote in message
...

Am about to replace hideous doorbell. AFAIK, I just have to unscrew
tthe old one and attach the new one to the wires.
BUT - how do I know which "breaker" as they used to call them,
controls the doorbell? I looked in my switch box, where I have
everything labeled, but did not see "doorbell". It rings in the
kitchen. Anybody hazard a guess where it might be connected?

Wouldn't worry about where it is connected...It's DC ...I've used a
lot stronger DC voltage while being underwater...no worries...I'v
replaced my doorbell hot outside in the rain... Hell i'd sit in my
hot tub
touching both
wires at the same time.. Been a rig welder of thirty years welding
with DC
out on a pipeline in the rain... a doorbell??? sheesh...just wire
it... Jim

Doorbells operate on AC, not DC.

And regarding the further conversation regarding conversion, etc., the
only conversion going on is the stepping-down to low voltage AC by the
transformer. (AC-- AC) No rectifiers used here.


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