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Home Telephone ringer/buzzer

Fingers Mcginty · 2008-01-05 08:36:36

Howdy,,My folks had one of these ringer/buzzer thingys installed in their hall and it's died a death. It was great because it was as loud as a door bell and they could hear the phone ringing anywhere in the house. Any ideas where i could pick one up? It only has the 2 telephone wires going to the device...doesn't take…

05-01-2008 8:36am

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Fingers Mcginty

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Howdy,,My folks had one of these ringer/buzzer thingys installed in their hall and it's died a death. It was great because it was as loud as a door bell and they could hear the phone ringing anywhere in the house. Any ideas where i could pick one up? It only has the 2 telephone wires going to the device...doesn't take batteries either . Any help appreciated.

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#2 06-01-2008 8:27am

Andrea B.

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I'ld imagine connecting the two wires to a telephone socket and installing something like this would suffice?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Flash-Phone-Bell-Ringer-Amplifier-for-Hearing-Impaired_W0QQitemZ360009924181QQihZ023QQcategoryZ1503QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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#3 06-01-2008 11:02am

CJhaughey

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The simplest way is to buy an old telephone with a bell ringer and just plug that into a splitter.
These sort of telephones would give a good sound.
http://collectables.search.ebay.co.uk/telephone_Vintage-Retro_W0QQfromZR34QQsacatZ69851

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