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adding a 2nd wired door chime

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  • 02-02-2014 8:34pm
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    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭


    Id like to extend and add a 2nd door chime out to my kitchen,as I cant hear the doorbell when Im in the kitchen or sitting on the back patio.
    The existing doorbell is a Friedland unit and the electrician used cat5 utp cable to wire it up.The doorbell traffo is in the cosumer unit.Its a Merlin Gerin Multi-9-TR and its says its 230V and 8/12V rating.The other day I found a spare utp cable going from the kitchen to the consumer unit.
    Could I use this spare cat5 utp cable to add a 2nd Friedland door chime out in the kitchen?
    I know I need to isolate the power to the traffo 1st,but is there anything else I need to be aware of?Do I need a bigger more powerfull doorbell traffo?


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    Diggerdunne
    Registered Users Posts: 431 ✭✭Diggerdunne


    Yeah you prob will need to install a more powerful trafo....Install the second bell and see if it works. I normally use a intercom trafo and works a treat...


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    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭jpb14


    Diggerdunne wrote: »
    Yeah you prob will need to install a more powerful trafo....Install the second bell and see if it works. I normally use a intercom trafo and works a treat...
    Thanks,would an intercom traffo be the same size as the existing Merlin Gerin traffo?


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    Diggerdunne
    Registered Users Posts: 431 ✭✭Diggerdunne


    no they are usually about twice the width of a normal bell trafo....


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    jpb14
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 322 ✭✭jpb14


    Diggerdunne wrote: »
    no they are usually about twice the width of a normal bell trafo....

    Can you recommend a brand of traffo or where to buy one at a reasonable price?


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