Loud Doorbell

funkey_monkey

I've recently installed this door bell for a relative who is elderly and they are complaining that it is not loud enough for them - seems lile a common complaint with this product judging the the comments on the below link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Friedland-Facet-D107-Traditional-wired/dp/B0001NPYYS/ref=sr_1_16/280-4970854-1659210?ie=UTF8&qid=1433713742&sr=8-16&keywords=extra+loud+doorbell

The doorbell is rated at 80Db (@ 1m/3m?). I want to get something louder to wire into the existing setup - got feed from doorpush and transformed hanging on wall wait for connection.

I'm wondering if either of the following two would be a better replacement:

1. http://www.screwfix.com/p/byron-wired-underdome-bell-brass/14337

2. http://www.screwfix.com/p/volex-wired-door-chime-kit-white/32985

We have one similar to 1. in our house and it seemd a bit fiddly. Any recommendations? I really do not want to go down the road of wireless systems.

Thanks.

solargain

The first one is louder the dome type one

cobham

My mother has some hearing loss that affects her hearing her doorbell that seems very loud to me. I have put extra door bell on that gave choice of maybe 30 different ring tones and with a cordless/battery operation, the ringer is located in her sitting room. I bought in Aldi for about 8 euro when on offer.

Our own doorbell failed recently and I got a cordless one with two ringers but am disappointed in its one single chime. It cost c 30 euro and was from Argos

CarrickMcJoe

Try NCBI. They have doorbells for the deaf and hard of hearing. Some have a flashing light incorporated which is very effective.

funkey_monkey

As dB is measured in logarithmic units, then it is correct to say that a jump from 80dB to 90dB is a big increase, correct?

The reviews for the brass dome are not great. Would that be due to the installers tigthening the screw on the face too tight or is it just the chime itself?

I'm wondering if a better solution would be to take a spur off the existing unit and put an additional chime in the main TV room. I assume that this would have to be installed in parallel rather than in series with the current chime unit.

Thanks.

I know a man powered a relay coil off the door bell switch which triggered a jigsaw that was the bell hammer of a mini bell tower job. Wasn't building regs. mind but he is a sparks so extra marks.

funkey_monkey

Is it okay to run two chimes (in parallel) of a single transformer or do I need a separate transformer for each chime?