Wow factor

[68sting]

Rupp

I just wired my doorbell wires to a DS10.

 

[Rupp]

Rupp

I just wired my doorbell wires to a DS10.

Isn't there voltage on the wires in a door bell? Mine is lighted so it has to have some voltage.

 

[IVB]

Mine are unlit, so a simple contact closure was fine. And, that's what I phased on - hook up your doorbell to an Elk zone, then have the WAV playback above ring a custom sound doorbell. On Halloween, make it a scream. On Xmas, make it a ho-ho-ho. On New Years Eve, make it Dick Clark's voice.

Wife thought that was cool too.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

Isn't there voltage on the wires in a door bell? Mine is lighted so it has to have some voltage.

You need to use one of THESE.

 

[68sting]

I switched to an unlit button so there's no voltage. I like switching the WAV files also. I've had the monday night football theme playing this fall.

 

[DavidL]

I switched to an unlit button so there's no voltage. I like switching the WAV files also. I've had the monday night football theme playing this fall.

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The button doesn't "create" the voltage. The voltage is still there. The switch is completing the circuit (which requires a voltage).

What Lit doorbells do is bridge the switch contacts with a bulb filament. If you are monitoring the voltage, it will not go to zero, as the light is passing the current a tad via the filament. If you have a receiver that is adjustable for "Off" state (not zero voltage), then you can monitor the doorbell activity of a Lit button as well.

 

[68sting]

Sorry I should have explained more. There is no power at all. Just a ds10 with the doorbell wires and the button. The transformer is not used at all any more.