Wireless Doorbell
"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
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On 2/8/2012 1:43 PM, Robert Green wrote:
Followup:
The neighbor's problem was solved by replacing the front door unit with
a
wireless unit from Carlon/TruValue for $20 that alleges to transmit to
150
feet. Model # upon request. The $10 unit alleges 75' so I splurged and
bought her the $20 one, which also plays Dixie, the Star Spangled Banner
and
some other tunes that are easily (maybe too easily) changed from the
doorbell button. It worked well enough that I'll be getting one for us,
too
because our side door unit failed and we just never bothered to replace
it.
The range is yet to be thoroughly tested, but it works from the side of
the
door where the old one didn't. The method to vary the frequency is very
odd - five exposed through the case metal links you can clip with very
small
wire cutters or nail clippers. One way changes only for many people.
The old unit now serves as the side and basement door bell. The new
unit
also uses much cheaper batteries - 4 AA's and two button cells instead
of 3
D's and a 12V alkaline "stack" battery. The tradeoff is that the new
unit
sounds tinnier and isn't as loud. It comes with a beltclip and that
made me
think I might get two of them - mount one inside and clip one to my belt
for
when I am working in the backyard where I sometimes can't hear the
doorbell.
--
Bobby G.
I can see it now, some smart ass kid like I was in the middle of the
last century will swipe the outside doorbell button and torment you
and your neighbor until you knock the main unit off the wall. Darn,
if all this technology had been around back when I was a mischievous
little brat, I could have been a very effective sophomoric terrorist.
o_O
I'm sure you did your best with the tools you had. (-: We used to make
thermite in high school. And zip guns. And contact explosives. And
rockets.
--
Bobby G.
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