what is this thing?

[jaxmyth]

I just purchase another house and I've been doing some work trying to get the garage together and I noticed this thing up high on the wall. It appears to be phone related or maybe not. I'm sure there is somebody here who can help me out. My other house did not have this thing as it was built in 1985. Just trying to learn. Thanks in advance for the help and sorry about the bad pic. Its an old iphone.

 

[KiltLifter]

Transformer for furnace thermostat or doorbell usually.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Same thing popped up in another thread recently.

Its a Door Bell transformer.

Charles

 

[GreyOwl]

Doorbell transformer.

 

[jaxmyth]

Thanks all. After cleaning off some of the paint overspray it says Nutone. which is the brand of doorbell. Thanks for the info.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Transformer for furnace thermostat or doorbell usually.

Furnace control circuit transformers are almost always located within the furnace!!

 

[KiltLifter]

Furnace control circuit transformers are almost always located within the furnace!!

Almost Always? Like Almost Pregnant? Hey, lucky guy could have had a furnace in his garage.

But to your point, I haven't seen one that wasn't at least in the furnace room. I HAVE seen 200 feet of bell wire to get the doorbell to share the furnace transformer and even seen one tripple tapped with furnace, doorbell and sprinkler controller!

Perhaps we need a scary electrical picture thread on GJ (if there isn't one already)!

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Perhaps we need a scary electrical picture thread on GJ (if there isn't one already)!

No, because people would just start posting up pics they found on the internet from "homeinspectordotcom" (made that one up) and anywhere else, rather than post pics of stuff they actually experienced themselves. And I've already seen most of those stupid overstuffed boxes and all the other odd stuff found on the home inspector sites.

Member Sakurama did post in his home/garage renovation thread that he found this extension cord end hanging out of a box. Quality work there!

Charles

 

[Teken]

Charles,

I dunno man.

That looks pretty awesome to me!

Teken . . .

 

[Zeke]

That's so he could turn his leaf blower side to side.

 

[nwav8tor]

No, because people would just start posting up pics they found on the internet from "homeinspectordotcom" (made that one up) and anywhere else, rather than post pics of stuff they actually experienced themselves. And I've already seen most of those stupid overstuffed boxes and all the other odd stuff found on the home inspector sites.

Member Sakurama did post in his home/garage renovation thread that he found this extension cord end hanging out of a box. Quality work there!

Charles

Hey, at least it was grounded...

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Hey, at least it was grounded...

 

[GreyOwl]

Hey, at least it was grounded...

But I don't like that bare hot showing.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Where's the bare hot wire?? I dont see it!

 

[mrbreezeet1]

No, because people would just start posting up pics they found on the internet from "homeinspectordotcom" (made that one up) and anywhere else, rather than post pics of stuff they actually experienced themselves. And I've already seen most of those stupid overstuffed boxes and all the other odd stuff found on the home inspector sites.

Member Sakurama did post in his home/garage renovation thread that he found this extension cord end hanging out of a box. Quality work there!

Charles

Yeah, just like the thread, "What modifications have you seen" Everybody started posting a bunch of stupid stuff from "There, I fixed it"