Attic Rated Doorbell Transformer

Also i d imagine the hottest point for the attic would be about 4 to 5 pm not noon.

Attic rated doorbell transformer.

A transformer keeps wired doorbells powered at the right voltage for optimal operation. Attic ventilation in line fans utility fans through wall fans. Mount it up 2 3 off the attic floor and hard wire an outlet next to the. I would put it into a junction or pull box.

You can get metal or plastic ones that are ul rated. If your doorbell is no longer working you may need to troubleshoot the transformer in order to perform the repair. It looks like a small metal box and can be silver off white or even brass colored. The problem isn t the transformer per se it s finding the sucker 5 years later when you want to take it out.

An electrically wired doorbell requires a transformer to step down the 120 volt house circuit to the correct voltage and wattage required by your doorbell. If you just put it into the insulation that may be a problem. These installations require a transformer and often holes to be drilled in floors and door frames. Jim port jim port april 19.

If you are talking about doorbell transformers they should be mounted in open air. Preferably outside a junction box. If you want to verify the transformer get a voltmeter and test its input and output while the doorbell works. The attic is insulated so the transformer will likely need an additional enclosure box i looked up the california electrical code 2016 but couldn t find a paragraph which would explicitly allow or disallow such installation and everything 1000v is considered low voltage by the code which doesn t help with search.

Nutone doorbell installation time study. In fact almost all attic mounted ac heating equipment has a control transformer in it. The attic is fine but a garage is better. Most doorbells run on low voltage electricity.

Nutone s new line voltage doorbell connects directly to the line voltage of the home and.