It's a transformer. Door bell maybe?
What is this thing attached to the device box?
Hi all,
Recently acquired a home and removing some old lighting in a finished basement ceiling. I saw this attached to a device box removing a fluorescent light fixture.
The fluorescent light was not connected to this box, this device box is chained to 6 potlights.
Anybody know what it is and what it does?
Thanks!
Recently acquired a home and removing some old lighting in a finished basement ceiling. I saw this attached to a device box removing a fluorescent light fixture.
The fluorescent light was not connected to this box, this device box is chained to 6 potlights.
Anybody know what it is and what it does?
Thanks!
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It's a transformer for low voltage wiring. Does the wiring go to a doorbell? Or thermostat?
Perhaps! The door bell chime box is in an air return nearby.
Thermostat - probably not as I see a lot of wiring from the ceiling in the furnace room, and that is much further away.
Thermostat - probably not as I see a lot of wiring from the ceiling in the furnace room, and that is much further away.
The op seems to think it is associatted with some pot lights ?
if this is so ?
then perhaps they where low voltage pot lights ?
remember anything is possible in DIY land !
:glasses:
if this is so ?
then perhaps they where low voltage pot lights ?
remember anything is possible in DIY land !
:glasses:
So true. Apparently the transformer and junction box were buried in the finished ceiling.The op seems to think it is associatted with some pot lights ?
if this is so ?
then perhaps they where low voltage pot lights ?
remember anything is possible in DIY land !
:glasses:
That doesn't look like standard 18 gauge bell wire or thermostat wire coming off the transformer.
So true. Apparently the transformer and junction box were buried in the finished ceiling.
That doesn't look like standard 18 gauge bell wire or thermostat wire coming off the transformer.
If I had to guess, I would say it's lamp cord
All we can tell you is that it is a transformer,
probably low voltage 12 to 24 volts
We can not tell you for sure what it powers ?
you could try diss-connectting it and see what doesn't work ?
most common things are door bells or thermostats.
But anything is possible.
let us know if you work it out ?
probably low voltage 12 to 24 volts
We can not tell you for sure what it powers ?
you could try diss-connectting it and see what doesn't work ?
most common things are door bells or thermostats.
But anything is possible.
let us know if you work it out ?
The fact that it is powered off a lighting circuit does not mean it is associated with the pot lights.
Most of those transformers will only produce 20 watts +/-.
Most likely the door bell.
I don't see where the lamp cord comes in. I see a black and a white wire connected to the LV side of the transformer.
The white cables appear to be MND-90, the Canadian equivelent of Romex.
Most of those transformers will only produce 20 watts +/-.
Most likely the door bell.
I don't see where the lamp cord comes in. I see a black and a white wire connected to the LV side of the transformer.
The white cables appear to be MND-90, the Canadian equivelent of Romex.
op says the transformer was "chained " to six pot lights ?
I am not sure about the term "chained"
I am not sure about the term "chained"
op says the transformer was "chained " to six pot lights ?
I am not sure about the term "chained"
he most likely means wired together as in daisy-chained.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/daisy-chain?s=top says the transformer was "chained " to six pot lights ?
I am not sure about the term "chained"
The OP didn't say the transformer was chained, he said the device box was chained to 6 pot lights.op says the transformer was "chained " to six pot lights ?
I am not sure about the term "chained"
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