Ding, Dong

Tornado Red
Tornado Red Posts: 939
edited June 2013 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
I'm about to do some wiring in my HT room (basement) next month, running some dedicated 20 amp lines etc. While I have my ceiling removed, I'd like to try something I've been thinking of for some time and would appreciate anyone's input on how to accomplish this. When listening to music or a movie at volume, I tend to keep the room shut off from the rest of the house. If someone comes to the front door and rings the doorbell, well...the house is a rockin' and I can't hear them knockin'. I know enough about electricity to run the AC lines I need, but I'm not too familiar with a doorbell low voltage system. What I'd like to do is to have a small inconspicuous LED somewhere near my display so it would catch my eye when lit, and have it connected to the low voltage doorbell system (mine is a wired system). I've seen the flashers you can buy that plug into AC and remotely connect to a wireless doorbell system, but I'm not really interested in that. I'm really open to ideas, thoughts anyone?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,649
    edited June 2013
    The first thing I did when I bought this house was disconnect the door bell and remove the bell box inside......absolutely hate the damn things.
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  • cowtrimmer
    cowtrimmer Posts: 201
    edited June 2013
    You mean like a little red light similer to what an IR receiver makes when activated ?
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited June 2013
    cowtrimmer wrote: »
    You mean like a little red light similer to what an IR receiver makes when activated ?

    Yeah, red, blue, green...
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited June 2013
    Depends on how many led's you want to run Google this, you can it in parallel with the doorbell and should work like you want
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited June 2013
    F1nut wrote: »
    The first thing I did when I bought this house was disconnect the door bell and remove the bell box inside......absolutely hate the damn things.

    Okay, one vote for 'rip the f@*$in' thing off the wall', not that I haven't considered it :biggrin:
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  • zane77
    zane77 Posts: 1,696
    edited June 2013
    But what about the UPS or FedEx guy that is bringing you some new audio gear?
    Home Theater
    Onkyo PR-SC5508 Sharp LC-70LE847U
    Emotiva XPA-5 Emotiva XPA-2 Emotiva UPA-2
    Front RTi-A9 Wide RTi-A7 Center CSi-A6 Surround FXi-A6 Rear RTi-A3 Sub 2x PSW505
    Sony BDP-S790 Dishnetwork Hopper/Joey Logitech Harmony One Apple TV
    Two Channel
    Oppo 105D BAT VK-500 w/BatPack SDA SRS 2.3 Dreadnought Squeezebox Touch Apple TV
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  • Tornado Red
    Tornado Red Posts: 939
    edited June 2013
    zane77 wrote: »
    But what about the UPS or FedEx guy that is bringing you some new audio gear?
    Good point, although most of my experience has been with UPS who use the 'dump and run' technique, don't think they've ever rung my doorbell.
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  • rpf65
    rpf65 Posts: 2,127
    edited June 2013
    I would probably get some type of low voltage, outdoor lighting, and wire it into the bell. Something like one of those stair lights, and maybe mount it somewhere on the lower part of the wall.

    That lighting runs off of 24v, and your doorbell should be 18.5v. Should be close enough, and cost about $20 if you do it yourself
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