How could it be else than mains powered?
I would have thought it unlikely that doorbells are main powered, at least in UK. I've been using the same (wired) battery operated doorbell (in diff houses) for over 40 years. More modern ones are wireless, but still battery operated.
Ah, I just found a battery/mains transformer operated on here:
http://doorchimesuk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?c... . So that entry wiring could be mains, the round box a transformer and the oblong box the bell chimes.
EDIT: But where is the bell-push circuit?
Out of interest, is your main photo with all that wiring and boxes of a floor or a wall?
1999: Freeserve 48K Dial-Up => 2005: Wanadoo 1 Meg BB => 2007: Orange 2 Meg BB => 2008: Orange 8 Meg LLU => 2010: Orange 16 Meg LLU => 2011: Orange 20 Meg WBC
Edited by XRaySpeX (Thu 06-Feb-14 23:29:13)