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Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Bugger my doorbell!!!!!!
- Thread starter XmisterIS
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XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Lol!
Believe me, I've tried all permutations of wireless doorbell ...
Believe me, I've tried all permutations of wireless doorbell ...
We still have the old bell-pull system in our flat. It works perfectly, but you are correct, most people don't know to pull the thing and just bang on the door (it being a small flat this is normally enough for us to hear). I keep meaning to put a small sticker with "PULL" on it onto the bell-pull.
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chillyuk
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Back in the early 70's I was asked to wire a doorbell so a light came on at the same time as the bell rang. This was a case of a little knowledge being very dangerous! I took the mains to a transformer through the bell push and wired the lamp into the transformer feed circuit switched by the bell push. Fortunately a year later the street was demolished and no-one was killed by my "installation". A few years later I trained properly and gained City and Guilds qualifications in electronics. I now understand and support the requirements for tradespeople to be properly qualified.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I love my friend's old fashioned brass knocker and even though there is a doorbell as well I always use the knocker ... it is such a lovely sensation ... just the right weight and smoothed over the years ... if she ever moves I'm going to ask for it rather than leave it to the next people in that house.
LosingFocus
Lost it, got it again.
My wireless doorbell in intent on taking the piss out of me. To set the scene, I work at home as an IT consultant...
So, we get a new doorbell. Wireless one looks good as that way we can have it in the garden or move it to the livingroom so as to not wake the baby when he is sleeping. Excellent. Being the tighwad I am, we go for the cheapest there is. Its got 1 setting, "ding dong", as I didnt care to spend a few quid more to have a choice of different rings.
Set it up, button the outside is positioned well and all is fine. It works inside, and even when we take the unit into the back garden. Everytime anyone rings, "ding dong" is heard and the door if opened. Everytime we are ALL in the house, I should day.
For my sins, I support Southampton FC, the Saints. Their rivals are Portsmouth FC. PFC have something called "The Pompey Chimes", which is basically the same as the chimes of Big Ben. Its a bell chime I have grown to dislike due to it's association with PFC.
So, as I said, when everyone is in the house and someone calls, the classic "ding dong" doorbell works fine. So Mrs Focus goes off to work, and the little Foci get carted off to nursery/grandparent/whatever and Im working away. Mr Postie calls. "Ding dong", I pop downstairs and collect the parcel (usually for me, usually a camera from eBay). Thats fine.
Now every now and then, the doorbell goes off by itself. When there is no-one at the door, and nothing has pressed it. It's not kids playing about as you might expect, as my study overlooks the front of the house and I would spot the urchins a mile off. That in itself is annoying. My guess is that there is some crossed-wireless with someone else closeby in the village. Annoying, but you can live with it.
What is even more annoying though is that when this phantom ring happens, my cheap as chips two-tone only doorbell decides to play the farkin' POMPEY CHIMES at me. What? This thing doesnt even have that chime built in. And it only does this when there is only me in the house.
No-one believes me...
So, we get a new doorbell. Wireless one looks good as that way we can have it in the garden or move it to the livingroom so as to not wake the baby when he is sleeping. Excellent. Being the tighwad I am, we go for the cheapest there is. Its got 1 setting, "ding dong", as I didnt care to spend a few quid more to have a choice of different rings.
Set it up, button the outside is positioned well and all is fine. It works inside, and even when we take the unit into the back garden. Everytime anyone rings, "ding dong" is heard and the door if opened. Everytime we are ALL in the house, I should day.
For my sins, I support Southampton FC, the Saints. Their rivals are Portsmouth FC. PFC have something called "The Pompey Chimes", which is basically the same as the chimes of Big Ben. Its a bell chime I have grown to dislike due to it's association with PFC.
So, as I said, when everyone is in the house and someone calls, the classic "ding dong" doorbell works fine. So Mrs Focus goes off to work, and the little Foci get carted off to nursery/grandparent/whatever and Im working away. Mr Postie calls. "Ding dong", I pop downstairs and collect the parcel (usually for me, usually a camera from eBay). Thats fine.
Now every now and then, the doorbell goes off by itself. When there is no-one at the door, and nothing has pressed it. It's not kids playing about as you might expect, as my study overlooks the front of the house and I would spot the urchins a mile off. That in itself is annoying. My guess is that there is some crossed-wireless with someone else closeby in the village. Annoying, but you can live with it.
What is even more annoying though is that when this phantom ring happens, my cheap as chips two-tone only doorbell decides to play the farkin' POMPEY CHIMES at me. What? This thing doesnt even have that chime built in. And it only does this when there is only me in the house.
No-one believes me...
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Fixed that for you.... That was some doorbell!
My wireless doorbell in intent on taking the piss out of me. To set the scene, I work at home as an IT consultant...
So, we get a new doorbell. Wireless one looks good as that way we can have it in the garden or move it to the livingroom so as to not wake the baby when he is sleeping. Excellent. Being the tighwad I am, we go for the cheapest there is. Its got 1 setting, "ding dong", as I didnt care to spend a few quid more to have a choice of different rings.
Set it up, button the outside is positioned well and all is fine. It works inside, and even when we take the unit into the back garden. Everytime anyone rings, "ding dong" is heard and the door if opened. Everytime we are ALL in the house, I should day.
For my sins, I support Southampton FC, the Saints. Their rivals are Portsmouth FC. PFC have something called "The Pompey Chimes", which is basically the same as the chimes of Big Ben. Its a bell chime I have grown to dislike due to it's association with PFC.
So, as I said, when everyone is in the house and someone calls, the classic "ding dong" doorbell works fine. So Mrs Focus goes off to work, and the little Foci get carted off to nursery/grandparent/whatever and Im working away. Mr Postie calls. "Ding dong", I pop downstairs and collect the parcel (usually for me, usually a camera from eBay). Thats fine.
Now every now and then, the doorbell goes off by itself. When there is no-one at the door, and nothing has pressed it. It's not kids playing about as you might expect, as my study overlooks the front of the house and I would spot the urchins a mile off. That in itself is annoying. My guess is that there is some crossed-wireless with someone else closeby in the village. Annoying, but you can live with it.
What is even more annoying though is that when this phantom ring happens, my cheap as chips two-tone only doorbell decides to play the farkin' POMPEY CHIMES at me. What? This thing doesnt even have that chime built in. And it only does this when there is only me in the house.
No-one believes me...
From memory, you can set different transmitters to sound a different chime, to identify front door, back door etc.
Someone a few doors away is probably ranting that every now & then their lovely pompey chimes is replaced by a 'boring' ding dong & there's no-one at the door
I have one of these http://www.friedland.co.uk/en-GB/products/Chimes/Libraplus/Pages/default.aspx It sounds like the old ding dong bells too, not digital crap!
You could get an MP3 one like this. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Friedland-Mychime-Downloadable-Chime-D001/dp/B001RQBRMG
The fun is endless
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Takes me back to my uni days when we were in a flat with no door bell - one of my mates an electronic engineer rigged up something that played a random tune when they pressed a button located on the window frame.... and the music he chose was awful... I'm sure he was laughing at us everytime someone rang that bell ...
