For whom the bell tolls

[Taylortwocities]

But not a Moderator, eh?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

No - they can't tell the difference.

 

[ianhound]

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Back to the boring Byron bell.

So here is the anti-christ. It looks simple enough to someone who hasn't got a clue.

i reckon to get shot of the wireless gubbins to the right, ditch the batteries to the left and just wire to the transformer and new bell wire..

before that of course i will make sure my house insurance is up to date

 

[ban-all-sheds]

1) Should be easy enough to work out which pair of wires from the receiver switch the bell on.

2) You cannot simply replace batteries with a transformer - the former are DC, the latter is AC.

 

[davelx]

I'd look for a 7.2V DC PSU with a current delivery of a couple of amps - but the best bet is to use the batteries to find out how to get the bell to ring, and then measure the current to confirm what size PSU you need.

( the batteries total 6V but I'd go for 7.2 to allow for some drop in the wire to the push).

 

[ianhound]

You cannot simply replace batteries with a transformer - the former are DC, the latter is AC.

Thanks for taking the time to reply.
In light of your advice are you saying just leave it as a battery bell with a cable to the push button?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

That would be the simplest, but OTOH if you use mains derived power you can have an illuminated bell push.

 

[ianhound]

Thanks everyone ...Job Done. I just cut off the circuit board and ran bell wire to push connected to the red and black that were powering the circuit board. It just works as a normal battery powered bell unit. No more bells in the night. This is a great forum, thanks for all you help.

 

[Stoday]

Lord Finchley tried to mend the Electric Light
Himself. It struck him dead: And serve him right!
It is the business of the wealthy man
To give employment to the artisan.

 

[bwielgus]

Hi all,

I tried to write a poem for this topic
But found, without skills, I couldn't top it
So I find I must ask without verse
A question I haven't had time to rehearse

....

Very sorry! Best I could do!!

I found this link and the forums through google. Very useful. I actually have a very similar challenge to IanHound in that I have the same doorbell which is wireless but doesn't appear to be receiving a signal at all and not activating the motor to ring the bell. I can't send it back as I bought it from ebay a year ago and it's sat on a shelf since (I know, foolish of me).

I've tried resetting the codes on the transmitter etc and it hasn't worked.

Sadly, I seem to have a subtly different version of the doorbell as the internal wiring is different:

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- The red and black wired to the right of the image go to the 6V DC battery supply.
- The white wire in the top left is unconnected to things (strange??) and appears linked to a variable resistor.
- The red and white wires heading off to the left connect directly to the motor

I want to test if it's the motor or the wireless receiver that is broken by trying to convert it to the wired bell format that Ian managed but, since the power here runs through the circuit then to the motor rather than directly, I don't think it's as simple.

Do you think I need to just create a single circuit loop from the power to the motor and to a wired switch by cutting all the wires to the circuit board? That seems to be similar to what Ian did.

Any thoughts appreciated!!!

Ben

 

[stillp]

Or, for a real victorian flavour, install a mechanical system operated by a pull wires and bellcranks.

Or, get your butler to sort it out.

How do you summon the butler from the servants' hall if the bell isn't working?

One doesn't. One instructs the maid to call him.

 

[securespark]

Ask not
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.

Tell me about it, I've got horrendous tinnitus.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

One doesn't. One instructs the maid to call him.

Damned good reason for keeping a maid about your person at all times.