seeking teardown info for Quinetic doorbell QUDB

In message snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com, jkn <jkn snipped-for-privacy@nicorp.f.co.uk> writes

I'm sure one of my friends had a doorbell that ran on clockwork .

And sure enough, you can still buy them.

My old house had the remnants of a mechanical door bell, bellcrank levers and all. This new-fangled electricity will never catch on.

Dingalingaling

Brian

Ah, but you have to remember to wind them. There is a similar type, without the clockwork mechanism. Instead of pressing the bellpush, a caller turns a knob and that is geared to directly drive the bell mechanism.

does it have one of those indicator boards for servants ?....and a cast iron boot scraper

There was an indicator board in my bedsit in Glasgow in the 70s, but it was driven electrically.

Here's an array of servant's bells in a hotel on Islay I took a pic of

Brian

Clockwork? Really?. I'd have thought a piezo electric effect could be generated on pressing the button to send a tiny pulse via an internal transmitter to some kind of receiver inside the premises. Brian

I have a self-contained wind-up clockwork doorbell. It's not on my door, but I used to use it when rambling in the country to ring at passing cyclists to try and make them feel guilty for not using theirs.

Makes more sense to use a massive great air horn and a battery pack.

My grandparents' house had one on the back door. You wound it up by turning the bell.