Does it GET extremely hot when you touch it, or IS it extremely hot when you touch it?

it's hot when I touch it, I found this device in my bedroom closet

Shorted light socket maybe?

It can't be a shorted socket, the device is mounted up behind my closet wall. It was there before I think someone came in my apartment in placed it there.

i meant to say it wasn't there before

>>105667394
maybe more like there is some small but resistive load between the terminals causing the heat but not enough to trip anything?
Is it even live in the first place?

Someone definitely came in house and installed this without my knowledge. I've never seen this device in my closet until last week.

>>105667277 (OP)
That's a glowie surveilance box anon. You should pack what you need and leave immediately. They know you've found it and are probably on the way now.

Low voltage transformer? Looks like the shitty BUZZY old one I remember from my childhood home's garage. I think it was for the doorbell.
>>105667424
Take your meds.

why is every namefag a schizo?

Doorbell ? I live in an apartment that's definitely not for the doorbell

>>105667462
Take a better picture. If it's hot it might be shorted out, don't zap yourself on live 120V (actual concern, but also take your fucking meds)
Is that on your ceiling?

it's mounted to my closet door

>>105667498
Light switch?
Looks like one of those metal switch boxes that Americans use because they nail it to studs.
Do you have a multimeter to test if this is electrified?

>>105667498
First it was in your closet, then it was behind your closet wall (wat), now it's mounted to the door? Take a better picture. From farther away, with the lights on.

This looks like a transformer.
Maybe for LED or low voltage sound system?

How will this help you discover what that device is?

>>105667555
>>105667628
now, can you help me discover what is that thing?

op do you have a carbon monoxide detector installed

yes,I have a carbon monoxide detector installed.

>>105667277 (OP)
Put your dick in it. Post results.

>>105667705
finally, a reasonable reply

>>105667704
And is it functional?

>>105668054
yes

>>105667277 (OP)
it's a 2 phase flux capacitor

it's an old doorbell transformer
often times people will get a new doorbell and just clip the wires going to the old doorbell without thinking about what is on the other side of those wires
that box is taking 120v line power and outputting 24v that should lead to a doorbell

if you want to confirm, just use any multimeter to confirm the voltage(nothing else really uses 24v in a house)

or this is a small radio broadcasting your activities to 'them'

>>105668239
I was the one who clipped the wires and no that's not a doorbell transformer because I live in an apartment.

>>105668273
Can you see if your thermostat still works now that you've clipped it?
I wonder if it's a transformer for your thermostat.

>>105668379
Yup, it's still working.

>>105667394
>It was there before I think someone came in my apartment in placed it there.
uh-oh, glownigger bros?

>>105667277 (OP)
Sir, please kindly take a few steps back and shut the closet door. Thank you for your cooperation. This is for your own safety.

>>105668273
>I was the one who clipped the wires
Take your meds. Call maintenance and figure out what you fucking broke.

>>105667277 (OP)
Remove electricity and unplug it.
If you don't know what is it then you don't need it.

>>105668273
> that's not a doorbell transformer because I live in an apartment
What? You don't have a doorbell?

>>105667437
>I think it was for the doorbell
I think he is right.

>>105669450
He's not right because my doorbell worked and works without that contraption being in my closet.