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Rob Graham January 17th 17 05:10 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a chime, and you can hear it all over the house.

New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been bought over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?

Rob

Adrian Caspersz January 17th 17 05:16 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
On 17/01/17 17:10, Rob Graham wrote:
Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a chime, and you can hear it all over the house.

New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been bought over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?


https://www.actiononhearingloss.org....duct-a272.aspx

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Bob Eager[_5_] January 17th 17 09:25 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:10:58 -0800, Rob Graham wrote:

Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a
chime, and you can hear it all over the house.

New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and
their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been
bought over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer
available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?


I have a couple of brand new Byron bells (the butler sort)!

And a bell pull..with cord and pulleys.
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Bob Eager[_5_] January 17th 17 09:26 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 09:10:58 -0800, Rob Graham wrote:

Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a
chime, and you can hear it all over the house.

New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and
their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been
bought over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer
available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?


BTW...on a DIY note.

Our bell push activates all of the phones in the house ringing with a
special cadence. We never miss the bell now, but getting to the door
before the ParcelForce man runs away is another story.

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Brian Gaff January 18th 17 07:55 AM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
If its electronic it must be capable of feeding its output to something
else like an amp I'd have thought.
I think some bells and intercoms can have multiple bell pushes and multiple
remote handsets or stations. I'd imagine it would be more expensive.
Another thing to think about is sites that sell items for the hard of
hearing of course.
Brian

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Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a chime,
and you can hear it all over the house.

New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and
their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been bought
over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?

Rob




Dave Plowman (News) January 18th 17 10:48 AM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
If its electronic it must be capable of feeding its output to something
else like an amp I'd have thought.
I think some bells and intercoms can have multiple bell pushes and multiple
remote handsets or stations. I'd imagine it would be more expensive.
Another thing to think about is sites that sell items for the hard of
hearing of course.


The ideal would be a base station with a simple relay on its output. That
would allow you to use a sounder of your choice. You can still buy the
'normal' underdome bell from TLC, etc.

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Dave W[_2_] January 18th 17 06:17 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 

"Huge" wrote in message
...
On 2017-01-17, Rob Graham wrote:
Some years ago I installed a Byron door bell that is a bell, not a chime,
and you can hear it all over the house.

New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and
their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been
bought over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer
available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?


The "own brand" chimes I bought in Wickes are pretty loud. You get one
mains sounder and one battery sounder. Choice of 4 chimes (IIRC).

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One thing I don't like about wireless push-buttons is that they merely
trigger the sounder to give its standard response. Wired bells gave you some
indication of how desperate the caller was, by length and spacing of rings.
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Dave W



Harry Bloomfield[_3_] January 19th 17 12:40 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
Rob Graham laid this down on his screen :
New neighbours have put in a request for me to do the same for them, and
their house is significantly larger than mine. But Byron have been bought
over and the SX15 battery wireless door BELL is no longer available.

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a wireless bell?


Friedland offer a very good, very reliable wireless chimes system. It
has longer range, 100m outdoors and more than one chimes unit can be
added to it. It is very loud and there are a few tunes to choose from.
Some have a bright flashing light, useful for the deaf or were you want
to be sure it has been triggered. Unlike some, I have never known them
be false triggered.

Terry Casey January 21st 17 07:01 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article 75c30252-1d22-4206-8cc3-e4b17c9cb470
@googlegroups.com, says...

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a
wireless bell?


Make your own!

I did it when I was about 9 by just folowing some simple
instructions - try the local junior library (if they have
any 'proper' books anymore).

We used mine as our doorbell for many years.

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Terry

Dave Plowman (News) January 21st 17 07:45 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article ,
Terry Casey wrote:
In article 75c30252-1d22-4206-8cc3-e4b17c9cb470
@googlegroups.com, says...

Anyone know of particularly loud wireless chimes or a
wireless bell?


Make your own!


I did it when I was about 9 by just folowing some simple
instructions - try the local junior library (if they have
any 'proper' books anymore).


We used mine as our doorbell for many years.


A wireless one? Not bad for a 9 year old.

AC or DC underdome bells are still readily available. The wireless bit may
be more of a problem.

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Terry Casey January 21st 17 08:11 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article ,
says...

In article ,
Terry Casey wrote:
Make your own!


I did it when I was about 9 by just folowing some simple
instructions - try the local junior library (if they have
any 'proper' books anymore).


A wireless one? Not bad for a 9 year old.


Ah - overloooked that the wireless requirement is a must.

I think I might have had a bit of trouble getting octal
valves into the bell push ...

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Terry

bm[_2_] January 21st 17 11:48 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 

"Chris Hogg" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:11:57 -0000, Terry Casey
wrote:

In article ,
says...

In article ,
Terry Casey wrote:
Make your own!

I did it when I was about 9 by just folowing some simple
instructions - try the local junior library (if they have
any 'proper' books anymore).

A wireless one? Not bad for a 9 year old.


Ah - overloooked that the wireless requirement is a must.

I think I might have had a bit of trouble getting octal
valves into the bell push ...


Indeed, but there were some very small valves available to the public
in the early 1950's before transistors came along later in the decade.
I remember acorn valves, but there was also a little triode about 3 cm
long and the thickness of a pencil, IIRC. May have been gas-filled.
Both types were used in radio controlled model aircraft.
http://www.r-type.org/articles/art-151.htm


Also Nuvistors -
http://www.r-type.org/articles/art-150.htm



Terry Casey January 22nd 17 11:33 AM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article ,
says...

On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 20:11:57 -0000, Terry Casey
wrote:


I think I might have had a bit of trouble getting octal
valves into the bell push ...


Indeed, but there were some very small valves available to the public
in the early 1950's before transistors came along later in the decade.
I remember acorn valves, but there was also a little triode about 3 cm
long and the thickness of a pencil, IIRC. May have been gas-filled.
Both types were used in radio controlled model aircraft.
http://www.r-type.org/articles/art-151.htm

Ah - but my pocket money didn't run to anything fancy like
that and the octal types didn't cost me anything!

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Terry

Dave Plowman (News) January 22nd 17 11:35 AM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:
Ah - overloooked that the wireless requirement is a must.

I think I might have had a bit of trouble getting octal valves into
the bell push ...


Indeed, but there were some very small valves available to the public in
the early 1950's before transistors came along later in the decade. I
remember acorn valves, but there was also a little triode about 3 cm
long and the thickness of a pencil, IIRC. May have been gas-filled. Both
types were used in radio controlled model aircraft.
http://www.r-type.org/articles/art-151.htm


The real problem with valves was the power supply for the portable bit.
Like the bell push in this instance.

I'm old enough to just remember valve radio mics. But can't remember what
batteries they used.

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Bob Eager[_5_] January 22nd 17 12:21 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:35:42 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:
Ah - overloooked that the wireless requirement is a must.

I think I might have had a bit of trouble getting octal valves into
the bell push ...


Indeed, but there were some very small valves available to the public
in the early 1950's before transistors came along later in the decade.
I remember acorn valves, but there was also a little triode about 3 cm
long and the thickness of a pencil, IIRC. May have been gas-filled.
Both types were used in radio controlled model aircraft.
http://www.r-type.org/articles/art-151.htm


The real problem with valves was the power supply for the portable bit.
Like the bell push in this instance.

I'm old enough to just remember valve radio mics. But can't remember
what batteries they used.


Probably used the B7G 'battery' valves (e.g. DF96). 1.4v filament and 90v
anode.



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Chris Green January 22nd 17 01:05 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:35:42 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Chris Hogg wrote:
Ah - overloooked that the wireless requirement is a must.

I think I might have had a bit of trouble getting octal valves into
the bell push ...


Indeed, but there were some very small valves available to the public
in the early 1950's before transistors came along later in the decade.
I remember acorn valves, but there was also a little triode about 3 cm
long and the thickness of a pencil, IIRC. May have been gas-filled.
Both types were used in radio controlled model aircraft.
http://www.r-type.org/articles/art-151.htm


The real problem with valves was the power supply for the portable bit.
Like the bell push in this instance.

I'm old enough to just remember valve radio mics. But can't remember
what batteries they used.


Probably used the B7G 'battery' valves (e.g. DF96). 1.4v filament and 90v
anode.

Or even the car radio ones which used 12 volt 'HT' as well as 12 volt
filaments.

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Chris Green
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Terry Casey January 22nd 17 01:42 PM

Door bell - and I mean 'BELL'
 
In article ,
says...

Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 11:35:42 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I'm old enough to just remember valve radio mics. But
can't remember what batteries they used.


Probably used the B7G 'battery' valves (e.g. DF96). 1.4v filament and 90v
anode.

Or even the car radio ones which used 12 volt 'HT' as well as 12 volt
filaments.


Hardly. Those had either 6.3V 300mA or 12.6V 150mA heaters -
you would have needed a hefty battery (or accumulator) to
power those!

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Terry


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