Wireless Doorbell

[privateb]

Hello,

We have a wireless door bell and live in a coldersack of about 10 houses, of which 4 have wireless doorbells and they all interfear with ours so we get 4 different chimes going off when some one is at the neighbours door. Does any one know how I can get round it??? or is there a wireless doorbell that can't get interfearance???

Thanks

[Graham M]

Normally if you take the battery cover off of each unit you will find a jumper, dip switch or similar which allows you to change the frequency. The old wired Doorbells are still the best options however (although I have seen a few wireless ones where you can train the receiver to only listen to that transmitter unit but they're quite pricey)

[oval73]

Try a quick search on Google
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Plenty available, here's one as an example-
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[D_Skids]

I got a Friedland one for about £15 and that has dip switches to change the radio frequency.

By the way I have never heard of a cul-de-sac called a coldersack :-)

[Mr_love_monkey]

Originally Posted by D_Skids

By the way I have never heard of a cul-de-sac called a coldersack :-)

Maybe they really all do live in a cold bag?

[Gareth]

<off-topic> Quick french lesson for you... cul = ass, sac = bag, so living in a cul-de-sac is like living in the ass of a bag - apparently </off-topic>

[danielf]

Pardon my ignorance. This is the first I've heard of wireless doorbells. The concept sounds a little weird to me. Are there any advantages to them, or are they just a nuisance, as described above?

[valor]

Originally Posted by danielf

Pardon my ignorance. This is the first I've heard of wireless doorbells. The concept sounds a little weird to me. Are there any advantages to them, or are they just a nuisance, as described above?

Wireless!!! saves running wires around the house

Originally Posted by danielf

Pardon my ignorance. This is the first I've heard of wireless doorbells. The concept sounds a little weird to me. Are there any advantages to them, or are they just a nuisance, as described above?

we seem to be the only ones who have such a thing, wheras the wireless mouse was a big problem with 'who' controlled it, the doorbell works fine

[danielf]

Originally Posted by valor

Wireless!!! saves running wires around the house

So does it run on batteries then?

[Graham M]

Originally Posted by danielf

So does it run on batteries then?

You can get ones with batteried door units and a ringer unit that plugs directly into a mains outlet (some even have a mains pass-thru) or a ringer unit that also runs on batteries and can be moved around if needed.

[ikthius]

Originally Posted by danielf

Pardon my ignorance. This is the first I've heard of wireless doorbells. The concept sounds a little weird to me. Are there any advantages to them, or are they just a nuisance, as described above?

they are horrible, bad sounds, not loud, and you have to change the door bell battery frequently, if you have a lot of visitors.....

ik

[danielf]

Originally Posted by ikthius

they are horrible, bad sounds, not loud, and you have to change the door bell battery frequently, if you have a lot of visitors.....

ik

Doesn't sound very 'green' either... My doorbell works fine. The wires run within the walls, so no mess there. The bell can be clearly heard throughout the house. No need to change/check batteries. Team winning change never. Rearrange as required.

[AntiSilence]

No need to change the batteries in my "knock on the door you lazy git" door bell!

[xican]

AntiSilence how you will charge them?