Doorbell help

[eastender]

I've started working at home at the back of the house and can't hear the doorbell. The bell is mains powered and the ringer sits in the fuse box cupboard above the front door. What is the easiest way to rig something up so I can hear it in my home office? thx

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[Frank Erskine]

A baby alarm.

[Bruce]

You could replace the bell with a wireless system and re-site the ringer so you can hear it throughout the ground floor.

Some wireless systems have a portable ringer that you can carry around the house with you.

[Malcolm]

Use a doorbell extender. It is a transmitter wired into the wired circuit which transmits to a radio doorbell which can either be battery or mains powered.

Something like this

have a Friedland kit which is reliable and works well over 15m through two block walls

Malcolm

[Huge]

I installed some wireless bells.

[eastender]

Thanks - that looks like the job. Is it easy to install?

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[mogga]

You need an intercom so you can shout at people not to leave - if it's that far you can't hear it they'll just go before you get there.

[eastender]

Good idea - is there a wireless one I can just bolt by the door?

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[Malcolm]

Very - instructions are clear

Malcolm

[eastender]

I can get at the wires to the bell - is this where I need to wire in a sender?

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[Malcolm]

Yes - can't remeber exactly. There are three terminals in the extender and two connect to the bell. As I said the instructions are clear. This is the ref to the Friedland site - cant quickly find any instructions but this pdf contains the info on the extender