Tim+ wrote:
Another John wrote:
Any views or advice on this, please:
We have a wireless doorbell: bells (2) plugged into the mains, and the
bellpush fixed to the outside of our porch.
I'm now finally fed up of the bellpush failing spasmodically -- Damp?
Cold? Battery failed? -- any and all of these causes have been
identified, and fixed, over the years.
Whenever it fails (due to cold and/or damp anyway), it usually corrects
itself .... so we never know when the bellpush is going to work, or not.
And so I've resolved to get a mains-wired bell instead (with the
approved transformer).
I'm looking for advice on drilling through the porch (door upright) -
it's UPVC, with a steel frame, of course.
And also any hints (make of doorbell, fitting transformer ... anything?)
would be much appreciated!
Dont discount a battery wired bell on the grounds of reliability. The
batteries on a basic bell will last for years. I suspect the €śbing bong€ť
type bell will run for decades. (When we moved into out current house I
replaced after about 10 years. They were the orange HP11 batteries. God
knows when they were last produced...
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Tim
+1
Weve got an old style battery operated bell ( the traditional ding dong
type). I think I may have put new batteries in it shortly after we moved
in, in 1997 but Im not even sure that is the case. I replaced the push but
only as Senior Management wanted one to match the new front door fittings.
I looked at it a few months back - we are half thinking of getting one of
those RING Beasts- the batteries arent showing any signs of corrosion.