Replacing an active door bell: worst case scenario

Easy , just a little tingle and use insulated pliers

It's low voltage through a transformer. Shock is possible but less than tongue on battery.

I disconnected the wires in the box that's mounted up on the wall where the ringer is.

Then I changed the doorbell on the outside wall and reconnected all wires.

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Doorbell circuits are typically 24 VAC.

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I don't know what that means. Compare the shock of this to the height of a fall out of a tree.

Yea, only the push button by the door. Putting in the ring video doorbell. Didn't know the button was broken until I went to try it.

The only reason I know the chime works is because I apparently did something that caused it to sound in the house while removing the button, but I didn't know until after I was done so had no clue how to replicate it.

Touch a wire to each testicle and see if that rings your bell

You can buy a tester for less than $20 to see if it's live.

Very low voltage and comparable to, say, your thermostat wite. Not going to buzz you.

there are 3 parts to the typical doorbell. the button, the bell, and the transformer. the button is on the door, the bell is on the wall in the hall, and the transformer is usually in the attic above the bell. see transformer



follow the wire from the bell into the attic, where it will attach to a transformer, from which a wire will come that is plugged into a regular receptacle. unplug the cord from the receptacle. change the button, replug. if it doesn't work, it's probably the transformer