Ninety percent of the time, when a doorbell doesn't work it's the fault of the button on the outside because weather and constant use wear it out. But it's also possible the chime or transformer, the other parts of a traditional wired doorbell, have stopped working.
- Remove the screws holding the button to the door casing. Unscrew the wires from the button and touch the ends of the 2 wires to each other. If the doorbell rings, then you've found the problem, THE BUTTON.
- Get a Ziploc bag and put the old button and screws inside of it. If you have a chime type of doorbell, then there will also be a doorbell capacitor that runs between the two connectors on the doorbell. Keep that handy. It is most likely still good.
- Anywho, go to Home Depot/Lowes with the Ziploc bag to buy a new button/doorbell. Having the old button/doorbell will help give you an idea of which one to pick for the replacement since you will most likely want to get one that is similar.
- Attach the 2 wires to the terminal screws on a new replacement button (either wire can be attached to either terminal). If you have a chime type of doorbell, then take the capacitor that was on the old doorbell and connect that as well across both terminals just like it was on the old one. Make sure you put the + to + and - to -. It may not be clear if the capacitor is worn down so just try it out. Fasten the screws on both terminals. Press the button. If the doorbell chime continues through its sequence, then all is good. If not, then the capacitor may be backwards so just remove/loosen the screws and switch the orientation of the capacitor.
Hi Mary, thanks for this informative answer. I have a question however, what if that capacitor was lost? My transformer steps down to 10v, would you happen to know what value of capacitor I would need to get? Thanks in advance,
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