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Ok so I tried to replace my door bell, but when I took it out the wires were twisted and snapped off too short to rewire. I’m a trainee electrician with little to no experience so I’m stuck.
Can I get some more wire and try to extend it by wrapping it around the old wire and covering it with insulation or Is thst too dangerous.
I have no experience or real no know how in replacing the whole wire but is that the safest option?

- I did try a chockblock but it didn’t work because it doesn’t fit into the hole with the existing wires.
 
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Ok so I tried to replace my door bell, but when I took it out the wires were twisted and snapped off too short to rewire. I’m a trainee electrician with little to no experience so I’m stuck.

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first need to know 2 things....
1. what voltage is used there, hope it's not 240V.
2. can you get to the cable on the inside of the wall and pull it back through?
 
Depending on your answers to the above questions, I would personally extend them by soldering new wires to them and using good quality heatshrink. Then a layer of heatshrink round the whole lot.
 
You could do away with the cables and fit a wireless bell, whereby you fit a transmitter at the bell push site and the sounder is a plug in unit which you can take from room to room stops you missing the bell if you are upstairs and can't hear thr normal sounder, I have one and its brill.
 
@JayLynch712 - If you're in training; jump in the Trainees Section of EF, it might help with your progression

 

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