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How to Install a Door Bell

1. Turn off the breaker that supplies power to the doorbell.
2. Carefully remove the doorbell switch from beside the door. Remove the mounting screws and gently pull the switch and wires away from the hole through which the wires exit the house. Use a circuit tester to ensure the power is off.
3. Secure the wires so they cannot accidentally slide back into the hole and disappear.
4. Disconnect the wires from the switch.
5. Connect the wires to the screw terminals on the new switch. You don't have to concern yourself about which wire goes to which terminal - it doesn't matter.
6. Remove the tape from the wires, and feed them back into the wall so the new switch sits against the area from which you removed the old one.
7. Mount the switch using the screws provided.
8. Locate the old chime unit inside the house and remove it by taking out the mounting screws. Again, pull the unit away from the wall and secure the wires to prevent them from sliding through and disappearing behind the wall.
9. Remove the wires one at a time. Apply a small piece of tape to each and label the screw terminal location from which it was removed. The terminals should already be labeled on the unit itself. Discard the old unit.
10. Remove the cover from the new chime unit. Thread the wires through the base of the unit and install the base against the wall using the mounting screws provided.
11. Connect the wires to the appropriate terminals using the labels as a guide

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