Doorbell Transformer Location
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2018
- This will help you to find your doorbell transformer location. Doorbell transformer can be difficult to find its location. Hopefully, after watching this video it will help you find your doorbell transformer's location. If you need help in finding the location of the doorbell transformer leave a comment below. We will do our very best to help you find the location of your doorbell transformer. If all of your rooms are finished with sheetrock the doorbell transformer Location should be visible on a junction box cover. So the transformer for the doorbell shouldn't be in a junction box but it is possible that it was placed in that location. If your HVAC and or your water heater are in the attic chances our your doorbell transformer's location is as well.
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UPDATE!!! Still haven’t found mine but I found Bigfoot and Jimmy Hoffa. They were easier.
It's in the attic then probably under insulation or next to a duct where you can't see.
@@mith2946 no mine is in basement somewhere. I can see the wires going down not up.
Easy fix, just put mains voltage through the low voltage wires and see what catches fire. (Spoiler alert, it’s everything… everything catches fire.) and if that doesn’t work at least you’re free to rebuild with the insurance money.
Same here 🤣🤣
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Thank You! Finally found it due to all the samples you had in the picture. I never knew what it was bec there was no description on it. We never touched it bc there was no need to AND bc it was screwed in. You would think they would have it marked! Anyway, Thank You, because you saved me from having to give in to someone comeing in and charging me $60+ transformer for something I can do myself.
Whoooohoooo! I found mine finally! Omg! I'm so happy! God bless you for this video. CA here, home built in the 80s and it was in the closet near the main entrance where the door bell is. I was so sad that I couldn't find it at first. Tried behind the chime box located in the hallway, which there was only a wire coming out of drywall connecting to the chime box. So I made a giant hole looking for it, not there! Went outside the breaker box, nothing... I was dreading the thought of scavenging in the scary attic that I've never set foot in. Then someone here mentioned the closet.... yes! It was there! I always wondered what that mysterious electrical small box thing was and had forgotten all about it. Phewww... you all saved me so much trouble.
Thank you! I looked at other videos and websites to find it and they were all no help. I even asked Home Depot workers and they ad no clue. Then I found this vide and found the doorbell transformer in a minute. It was attached to a basement light. Thank you so much again!!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I was so discouraged when I moved the chime box and it wasn’t in the wall behind the chime. I just knew it was in the wall but probably further down and out of reach. I grabbed my drywall saw dreading cutting another hole in another wall and something said check CZcams - and low and behold I found your video. Not only was mine not in the wall, it was in the basement attached to the light above my furnace! I almost cried from joy when I saw it!! I appreciate you sharing this my friend.
Exactly what happened to me. I searched for 2 days and was ready to give up. I finally realized look which direction the doorbell chime wires go and follow them. Mine was in the basement attached to an overhead light that has one of those pull strings to turn it on.
@@challes2000 Happy for you!!!
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Thanks this was very helpful and was exactly what I needed to see.
Thank goodness for this video and its comments! I bought a RING Pro 2 doorbell and a new transformer and received them a couple of days ago. Since my house was built in 1989, I felt sure that I would have to replace the transformer. I had looked at a few different videos on CZcams and ALL of them had the transformer behind the chime housing, so I assumed (we know what that means) that ALL the transformers would be there. When I pulled the housing from the wall….surprise, all I see is a small slit in the drywall for the wires to go through!🤬 I made a few passes around the house and garage looking everywhere with no luck. I decided to look on CZcams for transformer locations, and thankfully ended up here. I looked in a few of the suggested locations, hoping and praying that I wouldn’t have to go under the house in the crawl space where the water heater and furnace are, because my bad knees won’t allow it! Finally, I decided to try the attic where a few folks here had found theirs. I gingerly go up the pull-down stairs and turn the overhead light on, shine a flashlight at the light fixture thinking it may be there. No luck! I look at the light switch box, next to the opening and surrounded by spray insulation, and don’t immediately see it either. I then pull back the surrounding insulation and, VOILA, it is there. I hear Angels singing “Hallelujah”! Now, the only problem is the very short wires going into the back of the current transformer.
I am well on my way to being able to see visitors at my door!
Thanks for sharing! They can sure be a pain to find.
Thanks so much for this video. This helped me identify my transformer quickly!
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I failed to mention in this video that sometimes they are behind the chime itself. If you take the cover off the chime and happen to see a blue box behind the chime. Chances are good that the transformer is in the blue box. There are typically only two screws holding the chime in place. Also, try looking up in an attic often they are right next to the opening.
I traced the wires from my existing chime to the doorbell itself; no transformer. They do pass through an electrical box with a few wire nuts inside but again no transformer. Could the previous owner have installed a doorbell/chime without a transformer?
That seems doubtful since I got a message while installing the new doorbell that I needed to upgrade my transformer.
Update: following the other wire from the door chime led me to the old transformer; buried in spray in insulation.
@@bradyclark2823 I was wondering if mine was buried in my attic under insulation. Definitely not in a closet or the garage
Thank you found it behind the chime box. Unfortunately I will have to replace for a higher voltage transformer
Found it thanks to you! Now I need to find a video on how to test its voltage. Thanks for your work!
Thank you for watching! Good luck with your doorbell.
Great video. I was trying to find the transformer for the past 2 days (it didn't occur to me that I need to check the junction box in the garage). I cut open the drywall behind the chime and could find only the wires. Didnt know where the wires were coming from. Your video was very helpful! Thank you very much! I finally found it and it was attached to the junction box above the water heater thickly masked behind paint (the painter who painted the home previously did a shoddy job!)
I think your video is the only video on youtube around this topic :) Thanks once again!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you! Our home is older and we couldn’t find the transformer! It was attached to a light in the basement. Thanks again!
Same as mine. Light in the basement
Found it within seconds, thanks a million!
Glad it helped!
Found it!!!!! Video is still good.... thanks
Just find it at the basement 16v will replace with 20v thanks for your video!
Very helpful thank you.
Great video. Thank you very much!
Glad it helped!
Awesome bro. Thx
Found it! Thank you so much.
Great!
Thank you very much for sharing these details. God bless you.
Thanks for your help I didn't know they had plugged in ones
Any time!
Thanks! Found it - Mine was located in my basement where the washer/dryer and furnace is located. It was next to the light bulb in the ceiling.
Great Job! They can be a pain to find.
let the hunt begin! Thank you!
Good luck!
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Thanks for letting us know.
My house was built in 1983 in Ca. It was located in the attic. Right when you open the crawl space on the ceiling
Thanks for sharing that, it will definitely help someone.
I have an Edwards transformer 592 and I see only a red and a greenish wire probably by old home owner. Red is connected to middle and the green to the right corner and I am assuming it might be 16V 10VA right now. Ring doorbell recommends 16V to 24 V but doesn’t mention VA. To be safe can I hook the middle red wire to left most corner to get 24V 20VA? Please note the marking on 8V/16V/10VA is faded but I can clearly see it’s a 592 and also 24V and 20VA with arrows at the bottom. Also, the transformer is connected to the circuit breaker box. Please confirm?
Great stuff 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you
You're welcome
Thought it would be easy but now I need to go look for the transforner
Yay! I found it!
Excellent! Where was your hiding?
Thanks men!
You are welcome! Thank you for watching.
mine was in my harry potter closet! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing that.
Hi, thanks a lot for this video. Unfortunately Ive had no luck in locating the transformer. Is there a way i could trace these cables. I checked everywhere in the basement behind the drop ceiling and cannot locate it. Checked all the other spots you mentioned. It could be behind some drywall in which case I have no chance at getting to it.
Thanks
I live in Mexico there was no transformer behind the chime. If I buy a transformer do I install it directly to the wires that we’re connected to the chime? Will I then connect the ring pro pack to the transformer? Thank you
I found mine in the closet of the spare bedroom. Had Nutone Scoville printed on it. Never knew what it was until now.
Thanks for sharing! It’s crazy they can be just about anywhere. Was it in a junction box, with a plate over it?
Can the new transformer be mounted on a joist and run the connection wires into a nearby junction box with proper junction box grommet? This would be screwing the transformer into the wooden joist since attaching the transformer into the junction box will not fit.
Hey bro i m a cable installer and we are doing nest doorbells r now and in one cx house i checked all the house but i could not find it question, that transformer has to be accesible all the time?
i need help because the doorbell does not have enough power to do video streaming so normally we replace it for a better one
I just opened my doorbell chime and it’s not behind it now I don’t know where it could be and I’m scared to look anywhere else but I just got my ring doorbell pro 2 installed yesterday and a buzzing sound is coming from my doorbell chime and that is not sitting well with me.
Aha! I was looking for the transformer so I could replace a wireless system. It ended up being attached to the light fixture in my utility/laundry room. Thanks!
Thank you for Watching! Good luck with your doorbell project.
Is the transformer touching the installation safe?
I'm looking at all these locations and it looks like insulation or the paper backing on drywall is able to butt up right next to the transformer which seems to me like a fire hazard. The transformer I bought shows to install it on the outside of a junction box. Why would I do this when I want to put it in an insulated wall. The heat it produces and the exposed stubs for the low voltage both seem like a fire hazard.
So I found my supposed transformer in the boiler room. It is rated at 120v input and 24v/40va output. Would it be ok to replace it with a 120v input but lower output at 16 vac/10 va? I am not using any fancy doorbell, but it is powering 2 chimes (1 for first floor, and 1 for basement).
That seems like a large capacity/voltage transformer for a doorbell. I would assume this powers the controls on the boiler. I would follow the wire on the low voltage side to see where it goes. I thinking you are going to have to keep looking.
I found my doorbell transformer in the crawl space by the ladder and behind the light switch. This was a fair distance away from the doorbell.
Good Find! Thanks for sharing.
I have been trying to locate my transformer for weeks and I have yet to locate it. I am actually going to check the Laundry Room now around the light. Wish me luck.
Good Luck! I hope you are able to find it. Happy Holidays.
have you found it yet? mine is located in the closet next to the main entrance. try it there.
@@calf6445 did you find it?
@@alexg8460 Yes. Mine is located in the small coat closet. House was built in 1993 in Southern California. I needed to replace my transformer as it was not compatible with my Nest Doorbell. I purchased mine from Home Depot. Hampton Bay
16VAC/30VA Transformer Compatible with All Video Door Bells. It worked immediately. Which doorbell cam do you have??
Attic! And it was the wall mount type
Thanks for sharing that with us.
What a pain in the ass trying to find the transformer. Still haven’t found mine BUT I suspect it’s in the basement. I looked at the choke box and it appears the wires that go to the transformer are going down. So I’m looking below but still can’t find the damn thing.
Now I see why the nest is always on Offer up for sale.
If you live in a house that never had a doorbell on the house would you just buy a transformer and tie it into the junction box
I was wondering. I seen a transformer on the side of my boiler in my basement. And a there a brown wire that runs out of it in to the wall. Do u think that could be for the door bell or is that secretly for the boiler. Thanks
Yes; but if you have radiators or baseboard heaters, most likely they'll use the same wire for the thermostat which splits for the doorbell as it uses the same 8v or 16v transformer. This is due to saving the cost for running a separate wire for doorbell and thermostat
@@gdi9320 Hello, just staying busy during this coronavirus crisis. Anyways: I am in the same situation, but I see a 24v 40va output transformer. I just bought a 16v 10 va output transformer. Would that be ok? OR do I need to get the same rated transformer? I am not using a Ring or anything fancy. But I think there are 2 chimes it's connecting to.
Geez... Took me a while to find it. Mine is in the garage above the water heater.
Thanks for sharing your transformers location.
I found mine last year up on the attic attached to a light; it went out last week so I went to swap it out and it was giving me only 4 volts at the doorbell and when I want to check the voltage at the transformer, it was very, very hot. Is this normal? I had no issues after I installed it last February (2019) and all of a sudden it failed and the new one (same brand and model) has the correct voltage at the transformer but only 4 at the doorbell itself when I hook it up for 16 or 24. Any ideas?
That's definitely not normal, it may get warm. I would guess that there is a wire touching either at the transformer, chime or at the doorbell. How old is your home?
sellgooddeals DIY it was built in ‘86. We had an electrician out today and he checked everything out. The transformer is bad but idk if it was bad out if the box or we killed it. He disconnected all the doorbells (three total) from the chime, figured out which one went to the front door and I just had him remove the chime. He says it’s probably one of the other two which we never use. He was out for another repair through our warranty company (they don’t cover doorbells) so we’re going to have home come back out and rewrite everything and have it brought up to code because they literally have the transformer connected to a light and hanging from a nail by the ground wire 🤔. There are almost half a dozen old and burned out transformers from years past so there’s obviously some other issue there. Thanks so much for your help!
Just in case anyone still can’t find theirs, mine was attached to the switch that turns your furnace on/off. Super weird and almost didn’t recognize it if not for seeing the transformer on this video. Bottom left one at 0:01
Still can't find my transformer
Oh so that’s what that is lol
I’m still goin crazy looking for that sucker. My house is 10years old max , and it’s not in the garage nor behind the bell😣😭
thanks to your video I found the transformer on the light fixture in the basement. But I cannot find the Chime, can you help me with that. is it inside that junction box? I'm trying to put in a Nest Hello doorbell, I found the wired doorbell at the door and the two low voltage wires connected to this transformer, but cant find the chime.
Have someone ring the bell while you try to follow the sound to the bell?
Found it in the basement lol. Had to pop out the light and sure enough it was ran off of the lights junction box.
Nice find! Thanks for sharing.
Mine was on the side of my 200A service entrance panel box in the garage.
Thanks for sharing!
Ring suggests 16 volt 30 VA.. for Ring pro.
Hi
Doorbell transformers are usually located outside the home along the siding or on a wall in the garage. They may also be fixed to a wall in the basement or closet near the front door or entryway. If you don't see it in any of these places, check the walls in the attic. It may be tucked behind the insulation.
Thanks for the google search
Can't find mine
How do you get it off the junction box?
There are two types: 1. There's a threaded retaining nut on the inside of the junction box. that attaches to the transformer Once you on screw the nut and unhook the power wires form the transformer you can remove it. 2. There is a screw that is holding the transformer to the junction box. Unhook the power wires to the transformer. Un-tighten the screw that is holding the transformer to the junction box. you should be able to remove the transformer. Either way be careful unhooking the wires from the transformer as they are 120V.
We have two Nest Hello doorbells but we can only use one at a time because it’s not getting enough juice for both but we can’t find our transformer anywhere in the house. 😒
That is a bummer! Have you looked in the attic next to the opening? Sometimes they are behind the doorbell chime. What state do you live in and how old is your home? If you have Google home mini/hub you could always bypass the chime. Then you could use both of them until you find the transformer.
@@sellgooddeals-DIY My attic doesn't have a light above the opening for some reason (Vegas, built in '93) I have a round outlet on my front closet wall, but not sure if it's connected to that? Seems like an off place for an outlet
I can’t find mine for the life of me.built in 1945
Try the attic. Our house was built in 1952 and we looked high and low and discovered it's in our attic.
Try the attic. Ours was built in 1953. We searched high and low and that's where ours is.
Cleopatra Demers wasnt there. Eventually found it under the house.
Ughhhh I still can’t find mine anywhere!
I found a plug-in transformer below the security system box in the master bedroom closet. Could this possibly be for the doorbell? Thanks.
It would be likely that it is for the alarm system. I failed to mention in the video that it could be behind the doorbell chime itself. If you take the cover off the chime and you see a blue box behind it, the transformer is in there.
@@sellgooddeals-DIY I do have a blue box behind it. So I need to move that and I should find the transformer?
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My house was built in 2010 and I have a plug-in transformer. How do I find the voltage?
The plug-in style has the voltage label either on the front side of the transformer (facing the outlet) or the backside (facing away from the outlet). It will be labeled as the output voltage. Are you having problems or are you upgrading to a Video Doorbell?
I have been trying to locate my transformer for weeks and I have yet to locate it. Would it be in the attic? The house was built in 1993. I have replaced the push button and chime box but still not working so it must be the transformer which i can not find. Is there any other method to track down the location of the transformer?
mine is located in the closet next to the main entrance. try it there.