Door bell circuit

[hhsting]

I have door bell that takes in 120vac which does something internal manufacturer provided enclosure all in one with door bell to power door bell. Does door bell 120VAC circuit for residential required to be on dedicated circuit or can it be tied to 120V receptacle circuit?

 

[Eddie702]

I see no need for a dedicated circuit. What do the MFG instructions say.

 

[hhsting]

I see no need for a dedicated circuit. What do the MFG instructions say.

Manufacturer install instruction just says to provide 120vac line thats all nothing else

 

[Besoeker3]

I have door bell that takes in 120vac which does something internal manufacturer provided enclosure all in one with door bell to power door bell. Does door bell 120VAC circuit for residential required to be on dedicated circuit or can it be tied to 120V receptacle circuit?

Our door bell is 6V DC. It lasts for several years before the battery needs replacing.. Much, much simpler than the AC as wiring.

 

[rc/retired]

A doorbell does NOT require a separate circuit. Good gravy!!!!!!!

Ron

 

[curt swartz]

Can you share a model number of this 120 volt doorbell?

 

[Speedskater]

Failing old doorbell transformers are often overlooked as a source of power line noise.

 

[ptonsparky]

Failing old doorbell transformers are often overlooked as a source of power line noise.

They fail?

 

[MagneticVane]

Show us the doorbell with rating of 120VAC? I find it hard to believe there is one rated for 120V. Secondly yes, I have seen doorbell hooked up with 120V line, the only reason I see this done is because many of them is Deaf! It was used to flash the lights to alert them of someone's at the door. I am not the guilty one because I strictly adhere to the NEC. Yes, my house will trigger lights, and no voltage applied on my doorbell, using relay contact and flasher relay, tied with carbon monoxide and smoke alarms. The idea of applying 120v on doorbell button send shivers in my spine! Image if its raining, and someone pressing that wet button, SMH!

Just re-read your comment and researched, I might have misunderstand and thought you meant the doorbell button. Just found out that there is 120V doorbell available, not the button.

 

[CoolWill]

Our door bell is 6V DC. It lasts for several years before the battery needs replacing.. Much, much simpler than the AC as wiring.

So you think that replacing a battery every few years is simpler than it just working for 60 years with no maintenance at all?

 

[lordofthisworld]

I have door bell that takes in 120vac which does something internal manufacturer provided enclosure all in one with door bell to power door bell. Does door bell 120VAC circuit for residential required to be on dedicated circuit or can it be tied to 120V receptacle circuit?

U can use any circuit.

 

[ptonsparky]

U can use any circuit.

Maybe not a kitchen counter top circuit, but I sure wouldn't tell.

 

[Besoeker3]

So you think that replacing a battery every few years is simpler than it just working for 60 years with no maintenance at all?

Do you really think that ??

 

[CoolWill]

Do you really think that ??

I've seen it. I see doorbells older than me that are functional all the time. And even if the chime is newer, the transformer powering it is often ancient and functional.

 

[Besoeker3]

I've seen it. I see doorbells older than me that are functional all the time. And even if the chime is newer, the transformer powering it is often ancient and functional.

I'll take your word for it. Where we live now didn't have a door bell - if we had a caller they just knocked on the door. I then put the battery battery in. Very simple and no wires.

 

[CoolWill]

I'll take your word for it. Where we live now didn't have a door bell - if we had a caller they just knocked on the door. I then put the battery battery in. Very simple and no wires.

Oh yes. If there was never a doorbell originally a battery unit is very simple. Maybe it is just a difference between the US and UK. I would say that doorbell wiring is standard for houses here and has been for longer than I e been alive.

 

[Besoeker3]

Oh yes. If there was never a doorbell originally a battery unit is very simple. Maybe it is just a difference between the US and UK. I would say that doorbell wiring is standard for houses here and has been for longer than I e been alive.

Apologies - actually, we did fit one when I was around 1980 and it was mains operated. I'd forgotten that. I moved house a couple of times since with no bell until this one recently, the battery operated one.

 

[hbiss]

I have one that uses no power and works automatically. My dog...

-Hal

 

[Besoeker3]

I have one that uses no power and works automatically. My dog...

-Hal

See the one above?

 

[roger]

I've told this story before but here goes again.
My Grandmother was working in her yard one day when a parakeet landed on her shoulder. She could never find it's owner so she kept it for years until it died. Well after awhile the parakeet learned to do a perfect door bell imitation as well as the dog bark of my Grandmothers dog. So every now and then the parakeet would do the door bell then bark with the dog.