Hi meirman, hope you are having a nice day
On 04-Jul-03 At About 11:05:28, meirman wrote to All Subject: Re: door bell transformer
m> From: meirman
m> In alt.home.repair on Fri, 4 Jul 2003 06:22:18 -0700 "Dick M." > There is a transformer in the garage that is for the door bell. It is m> > always hot. This seems wasteful of electricity, since the door bell m> > only is used about once a day. > >Can the transformer be m> replaced with some kind of state >of the art upgrade that is more I m> efficient?
m> > rarely use my AC and turn it off, but I think there is a 12 vo m> volt? probably not 6 volt) transformer in the furnace which might m> be on all the time. Someone who's handy could run a couple wires m> from there and connect them to the two wires that are now connected m> to the output of the transformer. Then one still has to open the m> junction box and disconnect the transformer that's there now.
Your furnace transformer is 24 volts not 12.
-=> HvacTech2