Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not
too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear!
Unfortunately all I can find are ones that go 'ding-dong' or play
anything up to 28 different tunes. It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?

"fido" wrote in message
ups.com...
Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not
too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear!
Unfortunately all I can find are ones that go 'ding-dong' or play
anything up to 28 different tunes. It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Ind...s_2/index.html

"fido" wrote in
ups.com:

It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?


http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VE792.html ??

mike

mike wrote:
"fido" wrote in
ups.com:

It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?


http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VE792.html ??

mike

thanks for the information

In message , mike
writes
"fido" wrote in
oups.com:

It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?


http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/VE792.html ??

mike


I've just fitted one of these because due to years of abuse my hearing
isn't as good as it was and I didn't always hear the bell.

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/TSSB2.html

You need to rectify the ac that is normally used for door bells but that
was a small price to pay for being able to hear the darned thing. It's
quite audible in the garden too! It didn't like the small bulb used to
illuminate the bell push as it passed enough current to cause the
sounder to chirrup a bit.
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In article . com,
fido wrote:
Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not
too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear!
Unfortunately all I can find are ones that go 'ding-dong' or play
anything up to 28 different tunes. It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?

Standard underdome bells are still easily available from a wholesaler. If
the house is large, put in two. They'll run happily off one suitable
transformer.

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On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:11:22 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:


Standard underdome bells are still easily available from a wholesaler. If
the house is large, put in two. They'll run happily off one suitable
transformer.

What _do_ seem unobtainable nowadays are large(ish) traditional dc
buzzers (not piezo devices, which sound awful).

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On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:11:22 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Standard underdome bells are still easily available from a wholesaler.

Or the sheds, bought a battery operated RINNNNNNGGGGGGG as long as the
button is pushed bell the other month from one of the sheds.

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In article ,
Frank Erskine wrote:
Standard underdome bells are still easily available from a wholesaler.
If the house is large, put in two. They'll run happily off one suitable
transformer.

What _do_ seem unobtainable nowadays are large(ish) traditional dc
buzzers (not piezo devices, which sound awful).

Buzzers sound pretty awful too, though. And are difficult to differentiate
between, if more than one. Sounders can be made to do near any noise.

Other thing is at one time the 'standard' Friedland underdome bell was
universal - now seems to be only available in AC, unless you buy one as
part of a battery operated kit and remove it from the box.

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 00:11:22 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Standard underdome bells are still easily available from a wholesaler.

Or the sheds, bought a battery operated RINNNNNNGGGGGGG as long as the
button is pushed bell the other month from one of the sheds.

I'm guessing there's a few words missing from the middle of that
sentence...

One alternative might be wireless chimes. Put the chime unit where you
*can* hear it, or have multiple ones. I got a £10 wireless set from
B&Q - if you buy more than one, set them to the same frequency and they
should all ring when the button is pushed. (The spare push could be
used on a side or back door, possibly, or just kept as a spare.)

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In article .com,
John Laird wrote:
One alternative might be wireless chimes. Put the chime unit where you
*can* hear it,

In most normal households that would mean wearing a pair as headphones...

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Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not
too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear!

As an alternative solution, we use decent quality (Friedland) wireless
doorbells. These do the ding dong, thing. However, we have several receiver
units, so that the volume is good in every room, not just near the door.
They are also portable and can be carried into the garden when
gardening/barbecuing. We can even take them with us when we visit the
neighbours!

Christian.

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:39:22 -0000, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:

Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not
too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear!

As an alternative solution, we use decent quality (Friedland) wireless
doorbells. These do the ding dong, thing. However, we have several receiver
units, so that the volume is good in every room, not just near the door.
They are also portable and can be carried into the garden when
gardening/barbecuing. We can even take them with us when we visit the
neighbours!

Christian.


Why doesn't someone make a wirelss mini unit that you can attach to your belt
and carry it around the house with you are in to the garden,garage etc .

In message , Stuart
writes
Why doesn't someone make a wirelss mini unit that you can attach to your belt
and carry it around the house with you are in to the garden,garage etc .


Http://www.scope-uk.com/products/connexions_2.htm

A bit of overkill but this would do. I have fitted them attached to bell
pushes for hotels and warehouses etc. so that where ever you are you get
the call, they will also interface to a phone line so that you know it's
ringing, although it's probably easier to carry a mobile. The display
will tell you exactly which input has triggered.
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:25:33 UTC, "fido" wrote:

Both my wife and myself are past our sell-by date! Our hearing's not
too good. I would like to fit some door bells that we can hear!
Unfortunately all I can find are ones that go 'ding-dong' or play
anything up to 28 different tunes. It seem that good old fashioned
bells are no longer available, or am I wrong? Can anyone advise where I
can get some ordinary bells from?

Here's a really good old fashioned bell...


http://ccgi.byrons.force9.co.uk/prod...=88&catid1=1&c
atid2=4

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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article .com,
John Laird wrote:
One alternative might be wireless chimes. Put the chime unit where you
*can* hear it,

In most normal households that would mean wearing a pair as headphones...

:-)

domjoly
HELLO !! IT'S ME !! I'M AT YOUR FRONT DOOR !!!!
/domjoly

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