Hi all very new here So I decided to try and install this thing myself, thought I had it working but realized my transformer was not powerful enough. House is old built in 1963, finally found the transformer in the attic. Went to hardware store and got a 16v one to replace the old 10. My house only has two wires to the box, white and black, the new box also has the green wire. I tried copying and hooking things up as they were but didn't get any power to the nest. Now the back door bell does not ring either. I test the voltages and when no wires are connected to the transformer I get voltage at the wires but when I connect any of the black wires to the transformer seems the wires stop working. The transformer definitely has voltage. I have a front door bell and rear door with one chime box. No idea how this thing was/is even wired like this but I guess back in the day they did things however it would work. Chime box has 3 wires running from it to the attic, green which is twisted with one of the red wires which looks to be coming from one of the doorbells and is attached to "1" at the chime box, a black wire which was attached to the transformer and is attached to the trans at the chime and a white wires which is just there in the attic but attached to "2". Electrician can't come out until sometime next week so I may try again maybe I'm just connecting to the transformer wrong? Also if I just can't get it should I just put wire nuts on all of the open connectors until an electrician can come out? [attach]104147[/attach] [attach]104148[/attach] [attach]104149[/attach] [attach]104150[/attach] [attach]104151[/attach] [attach]104152[/attach]

Hello All, Can anyone tell me if a switch like the one I'll describe below exists and, if not, provide a suggestion on how to achieve the same functionality? One power input, 120v/1 phase. Two power output paths. The first path is always fed/powered to power a required system. The second path is held open electrically (no power provided to second path) as long as there is power in the first path. When power is lost in the first path, the second path is completed. When power is restored, both paths are powered until switch is manually reset. Here's the genesis for better understanding. We have a system at a remote location. Every once in a while, there's a power loss, sometimes for a very short amount of time. When the power is restored, the system starts up again on its own, however there are certain settings/switches we have to manually reset. Since the location is remote, but can be seen from where we normally work, I'd like to set up an indicator light or buzzer that is powered after power is restored to let us know power had been lost to the system, even if the power is already back on. The small out-building the system is in is powered separately, so power losses out there aren't always known at the job site. Thanks!