On Thursday, October 4, 2012 4:31:52 PM UTC+1, larkim wrote:
On Thursday, 4 October 2012 15:27:47 UTC+1, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

larkim was thinking very hard :



I know there are some battery only devices, but they are all horrible and



don't meet SWMBO's audio requirements nor visual aesthetic requirements. And



wiring something up doesn't meet my requirements. (And wireless ones are



either crap, don't work in my house, look ugly or don't make the right sort



of ring for SWMBO!).







All maybe true in the distant past, but pay a bit extra for a good



quality modern one and none of that is true. If range is an issue, then



get one of the longer range versions.





Show me a nice looking, high quality wireless one with a proper "bell" sounder, and I'll agree with you. I've certainly not found what she needs!



This would be ideal, wireless http://doorchimesuk.co.uk/catalog/pr...roducts_id=610



But its not. And in our newly decorated hallway, I'm going to struggle making a neat job of getting power to a transformer, and then to the bell / button.



Cheers!



Matt

Power to the transformer is almost never an issue, just use a 5-8v 1A wallwart. Power from theree on can be run on enamelled copper wire on the surface or slipped into cracks, and remain invisible.


NT