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Doorbell always uses electricity!
Don Klipstein wrote:
In , letterman@inv*.* wrote:
The thing is, there is a doorbell that does not need any electrical
power. Simply mount a nice looking brass bell on the wall next to the
door, using a bracket. Drill a small hole in the wall a couple feet
above the bell, and attach a piece of nylon string to the bell. Push
the other end of the string thru the hole in the wall and let it hang
outside. Put a nice wooden bead on the end of the string. Then place
a sign that reads "PULL STRING FOR DOORBELL".
Cost: The price of the bell, bracket, string and bead. No further
costs for life, and no electrical energy needed ever.
You just reminded me of the doorbell at "Neighborhood Bike Works", AKA
"The Bike Church". That outfit uses some space at a church.
There is a sign sying, as best as I remember: "Pull brake lever to ring
doorbell".
They have a handlebar mounted onto something or other close to the
handrail for the stairway for that offbeat entrance into the church
complex. The brake lever is connected to a brake cable, that is routed
through a small diameter hole in the exterior wall. Apparently, the other
end of the brake cable pulls the lever on a bicycle bell that is suitably
mounted.
- Don Klipstein )
My favorite doorbell buttons:
http://tinyurl.com/yr7e8k
http://tinyurl.com/6a9fwj
TDD
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