Moved to a new home and i found this in one of the rooms:


It warm to the touch
Can i get electrocuted if i touch the red and white connections are the same time?

 

place your tongue on it

 

is that a good way to test it? I might tell the wife to try it because im scared of electricity

 

In honest opinion.... Based on the gauge of the wiring... there is an electricity flow, but minor...like something as stupid as the bell. Get a multimeter, try it out, see the voltage.

or it could be some old school telephone wire... yes.. get the wife

 

^ Looks like an old doorbell to me as well...

 

It looks like a doorbell transformer. They produce about 16v usually. So, no, you're not
going to get electrocuted if you touch the red and white wires - even with your tongue,
but it wouldn't be pleasant.

Like Tekno said, get a multimeter and check the voltage just to be sure. You
could also disconnect one of the wires and then try your doorbell to see if it
still functions.

Disclaimer: I am not a licensed electrician, Any injury or death that may occur as a result
of heeding inaccurate or incorrect advice provided herein is solely the responsibility of the
deceased or incapacitated, as the case may be.

 

What do the markings on the top say? If there is a part number you can call the manufacturer and ask.

 

Looks like a shitty doorbell install to me.

 

damn you mongorians! stop breaking down my shitty wall!

 

 

transformer.

 

 

Stand next to it and have your wife push the doorbell. If it rings, it's a horrible doorbell ringer install that is missing a cover.

 

thx for the help! ill try it out tonight

 

It's the flux capacitor

 

 

Door bell or A/C transformer if you have a really old A/C system.

 

Looks like a code violation to me.

 

 

Yep, looks like a doorbell transformer. Have installed plenty of these, but none ever looking like that...boss would've murdered me

It's low voltage and you won't get shocked. We always ran a piece of phone line for it if you are looking to relocate it...very easy.

 

Cut the red wire!!! No wait!!!! The white one!!!!! Then again, maybe it is the red wire!!!

You're doomed.

 

I had one of these mystery boxes in my house, turns out it's wired into the house phone wiring, so that you can hear the phone ring downstairs or in the garage. It's freaking annoying

 

Long ago my grandpa had one of those on the side of his house, so if he was working in the yard he'd hear the phone. He had it turned up to 11 somehow.

 

Doorbell transformer.

In a "standard" installation.

 

yep doorbell.. whose there???

 

Where in the house is this atrocity located?