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Old 12th Oct 2018, 3:49 pm   #6
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Default Re: Vintage French Doorbell - Surely not 220V AC working!!!

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n the assumption that the impedance of those coils will be almost resistive
Hardly likely, lets take 16Hz (normal bell ringing) at 50V AC or so, so 220V at 50Hz 'ain't a lot more (4X volts nearly 4X frequency) current. Yes it will work and not blow up on 50Hz 220V.