AZ Nomad wrote:
On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:44:23 -0800, Kate wrote:
My home is 11 years old, and it came with a battery-operated doorbell
which has worked great, but now it needs replacing.

I noticed when I took the old push button off by the front door that
there is a red and a white wire behind the button. Does this mean the
house is wired for a wired doorbell? The back door area has the same
colored wires.

No, those are for the furnace, or possibly phone service. Where'd you
get the crazy notion that wires behind a doorbell button might be for
a door bell?
Ah c'mon, don't be sarcastic.

Telephone/furnace wires would not be behind a doorbell button.
Maybe I did not explain myself very well.

My thinking is that the house was originally wired for a doorbell, but
for some reason the homeowners' decided to go with a battery operated
doorbell. I just can't find the wires inside my home that would connect
to a doorbell box.

I would love to have a wired doorbell.