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Bill Annett

Bill Annett

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Hi.

I have no idea which forum to post this so I think this one might be the closest. My parents are getting hard of hearing. I have added wireless remote chimes to the door bell . These wireless units plug into a standard 110V receptacle and cost about $30.00. With these remote chimes they still miss people at the door.

Do any of you know of any type of a remote strope, that would be able to be installed so that when the door bell rings the strobe would also go off. I dont really want to build anything, I am looking for something that is already made. I would like to be able to connect about 6 of these to the door bell.

Any sugestions would be appriciated.

Thanks, Bill Annett
 
billisa67 said:
Hi.

I have no idea which forum to post this so I think this one might be the closest. My parents are getting hard of hearing. I have added wireless remote chimes to the door bell . These wireless units plug into a standard 110V receptacle and cost about $30.00. With these remote chimes they still miss people at the door.

Do any of you know of any type of a remote strope, that would be able to be installed so that when the door bell rings the strobe would also go off. I dont really want to build anything, I am looking for something that is already made. I would like to be able to connect about 6 of these to the door bell.

Any sugestions would be appriciated.

Thanks, Bill Annett
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You may be on to a million $ idea here, develop it right, market it right and you could be rich. Have that old Quaker Oats guy do a infomercial for it, old people will buy anything he tells them to. :) (Wilford Brimley? Is that right?)
 
ryant35 said:
Here is a couple of items that may work, but it looks like it's only 1 strobe, not 6. But it is a start...

http://www.harriscomm.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=18397

http://www.amazon.com/Nutone-Audible-Visual-Strobe-Doorbell/dp/B000LUU4KU
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I wonder if you could by more than one of the wireless signals above, will the single door button activate more than one strobe? I wonder if they even bother giving them different frequencies. Unless it's in a retirement home I can't imagine too many people having the same product living within it's range of each other.
 
Bill:
I used a fire alarm horn-strobe in my house as a door bell. Was just thinking that might be loud enough and with the strobe, it was very noticeable. The newer ones we use have selectable tones. Since I'm a fireman too, the other thing I was thinking was if your folks can't hear the doorbell, what about any smoke detectors they have?
 
I would like to thank every one who responded. I will be looking into all of your ideas. I too was thinking about the smoke detectors. They have the standard type but I am thinking about getting some with a strobe.

Thanks again for the information.

Bill Annett
 
This stuff is available off the shelf from specialist suppliers to the hearing impaired.

You can also cobble X10 kit nicely, for example they do a normal looking PAR lamp sensor light that when it comes on and off transmits X10 data, which any X10 receiver can pick up. There are even several X10 dry contact relay modules you can connect anything you like to. In my old office I had an X10 telephone receiver, and the relay output part connected to a PLC input, which put on the office lighting heating so it was warm when I got in...
 
Radio Shack did sell some phone flashers:
#43-177 Fone Flasher
#43-178 Fone Flasher 2
#43-179 Mini Fone Flasher

And a door knock signaler #940-0842
 
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