Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear! Unfortunately all I can find are ones that go 'ding-dong' or play anything up to 28 different tunes. It seem that good old fashioned bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I can get some ordinary bells from?
"fido" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com:
It seem that good old fashioned
mike
thanks for the information
In message , mike writes
I've just fitted one of these because due to years of abuse my hearing isn't as good as it was and I didn't always hear the bell.
Standard underdome bells are still easily available from a wholesaler. If the house is large, put in two. They'll run happily off one suitable transformer.
What _do_ seem unobtainable nowadays are large(ish) traditional dc buzzers (not piezo devices, which sound awful).
Or the sheds, bought a battery operated RINNNNNNGGGGGGG as long as the button is pushed bell the other month from one of the sheds.
Buzzers sound pretty awful too, though. And are difficult to differentiate between, if more than one. Sounders can be made to do near any noise.
Other thing is at one time the 'standard' Friedland underdome bell was universal - now seems to be only available in AC, unless you buy one as part of a battery operated kit and remove it from the box.
I'm guessing there's a few words missing from the middle of that sentence...
One alternative might be wireless chimes. Put the chime unit where you
*can* hear it, or have multiple ones. I got a =A310 wireless set from B&Q - if you buy more than one, set them to the same frequency and they should all ring when the button is pushed. (The spare push could be used on a side or back door, possibly, or just kept as a spare.)--=20 "It's like Deja Vu all over again..."
Shed ones tend to be Byron, whose gongs tend to be on the weak and tinny side.
Either a Friedland Underdome bell, or if you can get a source of 24Vdc a fire bell.
Some of the wireless ones have flashing lights on the receiver, which can be a good idea too.
Owain
In most normal households that would mean wearing a pair as headphones...
As an alternative solution, we use decent quality (Friedland) wireless doorbells. These do the ding dong, thing. However, we have several receiver units, so that the volume is good in every room, not just near the door. They are also portable and can be carried into the garden when gardening/barbecuing. We can even take them with us when we visit the neighbours!
Christian.
Why doesn't someone make a wirelss mini unit that you can attach to your belt and carry it around the house with you are in to the garden,garage etc .
In message , Stuart writes
A bit of overkill but this would do. I have fitted them attached to bell pushes for hotels and warehouses etc. so that where ever you are you get the call, they will also interface to a phone line so that you know it's ringing, although it's probably easier to carry a mobile. The display will tell you exactly which input has triggered.
Here's a really good old fashioned bell...
They do (or did - I see it is being discontinued...). We have a personal alarm system that is compatible with our Friedland wireless front door system, but uses a different cadence. See:
HELLO !! IT'S ME !! I'M AT YOUR FRONT DOOR !!!!
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