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Howard Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:05:54 -0600
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This is useful, can you get ones with multiple receivers?
I need at least two, one upstairs, and the other in the Man Cave.
The 2nd floor sewing room might be nice to.
The adheasive has me very interested, because I don't want to drill in to 
the stone.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: door chimes? doorbell?


> you can buy wireless door bells with west minster chimes for about 20 
> bucks
> or less almost anywhere...wallmart or any other store like that including
> all your run of the mill hardware and home improvement stores.
> Yes, they're electronic, but they're also super easy to install...simply 
> use
> some adhesive double sided tape to mount the button by the door, and place
> the receiver unit anywhere you want in the house....you can get units with
> multiple buttons if you have more than one common door.
> The receiver, which is the chime and speaker and so on, usually takes a 
> few
> batteries, which last forever because they only get used when someone
> presses the door bell and the chime sounds for a few seconds.
> The button transmitters usually use a small 3 or 12 volt battery like 
> those
> found in garage door openers etc that cost a few bucks...and they'll last
> for a couple years usually.
> Wiring in a door bell is a pain in the ass if it's a finished
> home...wireless is a great way to go for convenients.
> And, the wireless system rarely receives or causes any kind of RFI.
> If there is any at all, it's only when the doorbell button is pressed.
> I have used the wireless doorbells for a long time...and I like them 
> because
> I can place the receiver in a location where it can be easily heard
> throughout the house.
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Curtis Delzer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 1:01 PM
> Subject: door chimes? doorbell?
>
>
>> I've come across a fundamental problem here in this new home of ours,
>> which is a mobile, and that is the crummy doorbell it has, which a
>> lot of people don't pay much attention too, but we must have. We
>> don't like the typical sounding "ding dong" type, so please could you
>> guys suggest which you may have that you like, etc.  My friend,
>> Larry, has one, for example which chimes like the sound for an early
>> old radio network intro, and we truly like the natural chimes much
>> better than those pseudo electronic type, though we'll get those if
>> we must, so anyone, suggest? 

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