Beefing up a door bell

Bert Coules · 2021-01-26T23:10:25+00:00

Probably a silly idea, but...I have a wireless doorbell with one chiming unit (I doubt if that's the correct term, but you know what I mean, I hope). This doorbell works flawlessly, looks neat and modern on the door and unobtrusive indoors, and I don't really want to change it.But it's not loud enough.So the silly idea is to build a small self contained unit with a very basic amplifier, a speaker, and a microphone (perhaps on a flying lead) which could be placed next to the chime unit and suitably adjusted to make it audible over a wider area.Does something akin to that already exist? And if not, how simple or otherwise would it be to construct one? The sound quality wouldn't have to be up to much...Many thanks.

Jan 26, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 21 Replies

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JNugent 5 years ago

If it's a wireless unit, why not just buy another one, to be placed in an additional location, paired to the same bell-push?

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Owain Lastname 5 years ago

There were ones designed for repeating telephone bells, as in those days you couldn't connect to the phone line.

The microphone under the telephone triggered the circuit but only from a loud noise, ie the telephone bell ringing. It didn't activate on ordinary background noise or conversation.

Don't know if this circuit actually works, but it's the idea.

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