Difficulty installing smart doorbell due to short, brittle wiring
🏠 homeproduct problemSingle report ●●●●●
A user reports difficulty installing a smart doorbell because the existing 25-year-old doorbell wires are brittle, causing them to break during installation and preventing the device from sitting flush against the mounting bracket.
What people do today
- Using heat shrink butt connectors to extend wires
- Tucking wire bulk into the wall hole
- Leaving the device partially unsealed
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A specialized doorbell mounting plate with an integrated, low-profile wire extension kit designed for brittle, short legacy wiring.
- A universal, flexible wire-extension adapter kit that uses push-in connectors to safely bridge short doorbell wires without requiring soldering or heat shrinking.
- An instructional mobile app or AR tool that provides step-by-step visual guidance for safely extending and managing legacy doorbell wiring during smart device installation.
Real voices
“all the fiddling around has led to one of the wires breaking off (they're 25+ years old). I exposed new wire, but there isn't that much left anymore”
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