Can someone help me fix an issue with my doorbell?

[JayLynch712]

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.

 

[telectrix]

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?

 

[Spoon]

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.

 

[Pete999]

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.

 

[multimick]

if its a doorbell surely there should only be a twin at it ?

 

[DPG]

if its a doorbell surely there should only be a twin at it ?

Probably used whatever multicore they had to hand. Alarm cable, phone cable etc.

 

[Lister1987]

@JayLynch712 - If you're in training; jump in the Trainees Section of EF, it might help with your progression

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[Strima]

As Pete has suggested, go wireless.